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Ammonites archelaus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida

Taxonomy
Ammonites archelaus was named by Laube (1869).

It was recombined as Trachyceras archelaus by von Mojsisovics (1882); it was recombined as Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) archelaus by Arthaber (1915); it was recombined as Protrachyceras archelaus by Ogilvie Gordon (1927), Brack and Rieber (1993), Fantini Sestini (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Ammonites archelaus Laube
1882Trachyceras archelaus von Mojsisovics
1915Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) archelaus Arthaber
1927Protrachyceras archelaus Ogilvie Gordon
1993Protrachyceras archelaus Brack and Rieber p. 486 figs. Pl 13, figs 2,3
1994Protrachyceras archelaus Fantini Sestini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
genusAmmonites
speciesarchelausLaube 1869

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.

Ammonites archelaus Laube 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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
Collections
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