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Oxycerites (Oxycerites) aspidoides

Cephalopoda - Redfieldiiformes - Brookvaliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites aspidoides was named by Oppel (1857).

It was recombined as Oxycerites (Oxycerites) aspidoides by Riccardi and Westermann (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Scofield on 2024-03-28; modified by P. Scofield on 2024-03-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Ammonites aspidoides Oppel p. 474
1862Ammonites aspidoides Oppel p. 147 figs. Tab 47, Fig 4a,b
1999Oxycerites (Oxycerites) aspidoides Riccardi and Westermann p. 202

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
HalecostomiRegan 1903
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
infraclassActinopteri()
orderRedfieldiiformes(Berg 1940)
familyBrookvaliidaeBerg 1940
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
classAcanthodiiOwen 1846
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
orderIschnacanthiformesBerg 1940
genusOxycerites
subgenusOxycerites
speciesaspidoides(Oppel 1857)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-09-24 07:51:17
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:07:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available