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Megalytoceras confusum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Lytoceras confusum was named by Buckman (1881). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Megalytoceras confusum by Buckman (1905), Galácz and Kassai (2012), Whicher et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Lytoceras confusum Buckman
1905Megalytoceras confusum Buckman
2012Megalytoceras confusum Galácz and Kassai
2023Megalytoceras confusum Whicher et al. p. 233 figs. 16a; 17a1-4,c1-2; 18a1-2,b1-2

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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
subfamilyMegalytoceratinaeSpath 1927
genusMegalytocerasBuckman 1905
speciesconfusum(Buckman 1881)

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.

Megalytoceras confusum Buckman 1881
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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 Concavum to the top of the Discites or 174.70000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Concavum174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) Megalytoceras confusum (229910 229911 229917 229918 229919)
Discites170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) Megalytoceras confusum (229916)