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Schaireria avellanum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Aspidoceras avellanum was named by Zittel (1870). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Schaireria avellanum by Checa (1985); it was recombined as Orthaspidoceras avellanum by Howarth (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Aspidoceras avellanum Zittel p. 86
1985Schaireria avellanum Checa p. 197
1998Orthaspidoceras avellanum Howarth p. 68

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyAspidoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusSchaireria
speciesavellanum(Zittel 1870)

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.

Schaireria avellanum Zittel 1870
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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

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Orthaspidoceras avellanum (2574)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian149.2 - 149.2Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Orthaspidoceras avellanum (2569)