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Protacanthoplites bigoureti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras bigoureti was named by Seunes (1887).

It was recombined as Acanthoplites bigoureti by Collignon (1962); it was recombined as Acanthohoplites bigoureti by Förster (1975), Szives (2007); it was recombined as Protacanthoplites bigoureti by Lehmann et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Acanthoceras bigoureti Seunes
1962Acanthoplites bigoureti Collignon p. 47 figs. Pl 234, fig 1000
1975Acanthohoplites bigoureti Förster p. 205 figs. Pl 9, fig 4
2007Acanthohoplites bigoureti Szives p. 68 figs. Pl 9, fig 5; pl 10, figs 1,7
2019Protacanthoplites bigoureti Lehmann et al. p. 214 fig. 4G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAcanthohoplitoidea
familyAcanthohoplitidae
subfamilyAcanthohoplitinae
genusProtacanthoplitesSinzow 1908
speciesbigoureti(Seunes 1887)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height225.521.031.026.07.07
shell diameter260.352.070.061.012.7
shell inflation219.317.022.019.53.54

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Acanthohoplites bigoureti (58876)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Morocco (Western High Atlas) Acanthohoplites bigoureti (2071)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Hungary Acanthohoplites bigoureti (226273)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Madagascar Acanthoplites bigoureti (168091)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Iran Protacanthoplites bigoureti (197562 197563)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mozambique Acanthohoplites bigoureti (174816)