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Riccardiceras longalvum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Coeloceras longalvum was named by Vacek (1886) [= 1886. Coeloceras nov. sp. indet. VACEK, p.98. pl. 17. figs 3, 3a.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Docidoceras longalvum by Westermann (1964); it was recombined as Docidoceras (Docidoceras) longalvum by Westermann (1969); it was recombined as Riccardiceras longalvum by Sandoval et al. (2000), Dietze et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Coeloceras longalvum Vacek p. 97 figs. pI. 17. f. 1-2
1964Docidoceras longalvum Westermann p. 48 figs. pI. 6. figs 1, 2
1969Docidoceras (Docidoceras) longalvum Westermann p. 134 figs. Pl 32, figs 5a-c; pl 33; text-fig 44
2000Riccardiceras longalvum Sandoval et al. pp. 32 - 34 figs. PI 1, figs 1 -2; PI. II , fig. I
2017Riccardiceras longalvum Dietze et al. p. 185

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
genusRiccardicerasWestermann 1995
specieslongalvum(Vacek 1886)

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
partNmean
shell height136.4
shell diameter1140.0
shell inflation177.0

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 Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 174.70000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Italy Riccardiceras longalvum (198948 198949 198950 198952 198953)
Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Thailand Riccardiceras longalvum (87467)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6USA (Alaska) Docidoceras longalvum (175666)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Canada (Yukon) Docidoceras longalvum (114621 208211)