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Echioceras microdiscus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites raricostatus microdiscus was named by Quenstedt (1884).

It was recombined as Echioceras microdiscus by Trueman and Williams (1925) and Bremer (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. pauli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Ammonites raricostatus microdiscus Quenstedt
1925Echioceras microdiscus Trueman and Williams
1965Echioceras microdiscus Bremer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyEchioceratidaeBuckman 1913
genusEchiocerasBayle 1878
speciesmicrodiscus(Quenstedt 1884)

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.

†Echioceras microdiscus Quenstedt 1884
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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

Age range: Pliensbachian or 190.80000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Turkey Echioceras microdiscus (218658)