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Alocolytoceras sisyphus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Lytoceras sisyphus was named by Gemmellaro (1886). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Alocolytoceras sisyphus by Galácz and Kassai (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. torulosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Lytoceras sisyphus Gemmellaro
2012Alocolytoceras sisyphus Galácz and Kassai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyAlocolytoceratinaeSpath 1927
genusAlocolytoceras
speciessisyphus(Gemmellaro 1886)

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.

†Alocolytoceras sisyphus Gemmellaro 1886
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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: Early/Lower Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Hungary Alocolytoceras sisyphus (220224)