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Ammonites inflatus circumspinosus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites inflatus circumspinosus was named by Quenstedt (1857). It is not extant. It is the type subspecies of Physodoceras.

It was recombined as Ammonites circumspinosus by Quenstedt (1856) and Oppel (1863); it was recombined as Physodoceras circumspinosum by Hyatt (1900); it was recombined as Aspidoceras (Physodoceras) circumspinosum by Atrops and Benest (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Ammonites circumspinosus Quenstedt
1857Ammonites inflatus circumspinosus Quenstedt p. 609
1863Ammonites circumspinosus Oppel p. 222
1900Physodoceras circumspinosum Hyatt p. 582
1984Aspidoceras (Physodoceras) circumspinosum Atrops and Benest figs. Pl 1, fig 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusAmmonitesMeek 1876
speciesinflatus()
subspeciescircumspinosusQuenstedt 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: 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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available