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Agassiceras scipionianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites scipionianus was named by d'Orbigny (1844). Its type specimen is MNHN F R.01348 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aetomoceras scipionianum by Hyatt (1900), Spath (1922); it was recombined as Agassiceras scipionianum by Hyatt (1874), Enay et al. (1994), Corna and Dommergues (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. immane, A. transformatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Ammonites scipionianus d'Orbigny
1844Ammonites scipionianus d'Orbigny p. 207 figs. Pl. 51, figs 7, 8.
1874Agassiceras scipionianum Hyatt
1900Aetomoceras scipionianum Hyatt p. 575
1922Aetomoceras scipionianum Spath
1994Agassiceras scipionianum Enay et al. p. 53
1995Agassiceras scipionianum Corna and Dommergues

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyArietitidaeHyatt 1875
familyAgassiceratinae()
genusAgassiceras
speciesscipionianum()

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.

†Agassiceras scipionianum d'Orbigny 1844
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Agassiceras scipionianum (234373)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Agassiceras scipionianum (204153)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany Agassiceras scipionianum (28890)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Argentina (Mendoza) Agassiceras scipionianum (42774)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Skye) Aetomoceras scipionianum (219968 219969)