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Lunuloceras orientale

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Lunuloceras orientale was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant.

Subspecies
L. ankazoabensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Hecticoceras pseudopunctatum, L. sinuicostatum, L. submatheyi, L. fallax

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Lunuloceras orientale d'Orbigny pp. Pl. XXXIII

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyHecticoceratinaeSpath 1925
genusLunuloceras
speciesorientaled'Orbigny 1850

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.

†Lunuloceras orientale d'Orbigny 1850
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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: Late/Upper Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Lunuloceras orientale (234094)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Lunuloceras orientale (234132)