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Aulacostephanus eudoxus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites eudoxus was named by d'Orbigny (1850). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R02903 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aulacostephanus (Aulacostephanoceras) eudoxus by Mesezhnikov (1984); it was recombined as Aulacostephanus eudoxus by Grigore and Marcu (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. contejeani, A. lorioli, A. phorcus, A. subundorae, A. circumplicatus, A. hybridus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites eudoxus d'Orbigny
1984Aulacostephanus (Aulacostephanoceras) eudoxus Mesezhnikov p. 129 figs. Pl 22, fig 5; pl 29, fig 4
2009Aulacostephanus eudoxus Grigore and Marcu p. 351 figs. Pl 1, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAulacostephanidaeSpath 1924
genusAulacostephanus
specieseudoxus()

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.

†Aulacostephanus eudoxus d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height117.3
shell diameter148.0
shell inflation120.2

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 Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Switzerland (Jura) Aulacostephanus eudoxus (185668)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Russian Federation Aulacostephanus eudoxus (213012 213015)
Kimmeridgian - Middle Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Russian Federation Aulacostephanus eudoxus (213011)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation Aulacostephanus eudoxus (58848)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Aulacostephanus eudoxus (164303)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Romania Aulacostephanus eudoxus (198397)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Bavaria) Aulacostephanus eudoxus (132944)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Aulacostephanus eudoxus (34650)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation Aulacostephanus eudoxus (213013)