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Aegoceras maculatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites maculatus was named by Young and Bird (1822).

It was recombined as Aegoceras (Aegoceras) maculatum by Meister (1986); it was recombined as Aegoceras maculatum by Meister and Friebe (2003); it was recombined as Androgynoceras maculatum by Howarth (1956), Wittler and Roth (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. capricornum, A. sparcicosta, A. lataecosta, A. luridum, A. figulinum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Ammonites maculatus Young and Bird p. 248 figs. Pl 14, fig 12
1956Androgynoceras maculatum Howarth
1986Aegoceras (Aegoceras) maculatum Meister p. 76 figs. Pl 15, figs 4,5
2003Aegoceras maculatum Meister and Friebe
2003Androgynoceras maculatum Wittler and Roth p. 20 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
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyLiparoceratidaeHyatt 1867
genusAegocerasWaagen 1869
speciesmaculatum(Young and Bird 1822)

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.

†Aegoceras maculatum Young and Bird 1822
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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: base of the Ibex to the top of the Davoei or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria Aegoceras maculatum (218911 218927 218932)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2France Aegoceras maculatum (146460 146462 146464 146627 146628 146629 146632 147789 148014 148016 148018 148019 148044 148066 148067 148123 148124 148125 148147 148148 148149 148150 148153 148154 148199)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Germany Androgynoceras maculatum (159243 159244 159245)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Spain (Aragon) Aegoceras maculatum (146719 146724)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Androgynoceras maculatum (218412)
Davoei - Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France Aegoceras maculatum (148078)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Androgynoceras maculatum (126923)
Ibex - Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France Aegoceras maculatum (147794)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Androgynoceras maculatum (126924)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Androgynoceras maculatum (204123)