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Clypeoceras excentricum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Discussion

"Clypites evolvens, Waagen (1895, p. 146, pi. xxii, figs. 2a-c), was referred by Frech (1905, pi. xxiii, figs. Sa-d') to "Aspidites" (= Clypeoceras); but although Diener (1915, p. 148) listed Frech’s examples in the synonymy of Waagen’s species, it is probable that at least the largest of the four figured specimens represents a new form intermediate between Clypeoceras and Clypites. It is certainly not identical with Clypeoceras evolvens (Waagen, 1895, p. 223, pi. xxv, fig. 1), listed by Diener (1915a, p. 197) as Meekoceras (Koninckites), and it may therefore be renamed Clypeoceras excentricum, nom. nov." As currently entered, Clypites evolvens and Aspidites evolvens represent separate species named by Waagen (1895), so it is unclear which species this new name represents, or whether the name is applied to a subset of specimens from one of these species.

Taxonomy
Clypeoceras excentricum was named by Spath (1934). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Clypeoceras excentricum Spath

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyProptychitidaeWaagen 1895
genusClypeoceras
speciesexcentricum

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
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available