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Oxycerites subcostarius

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy

Ammonites subcostarius was named by Oppel (1862).

It was recombined as Oppelia subcostaria by Waagen (1875), Jeannet (1951); it was recombined as Oxycerites subcostarius by Schlegelmilch (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

O. aspioides, O. costatus, O. fallax, O. greppini, O. discus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1862	Ammonites subcostarius Oppel
1875	Oppelia subcostaria Waagen p. 48
1951	Oppelia subcostaria Jeannet p. 32 figs. Pl 6, figs 2,3; pl 28, fig 1; text-fig 72
1985	Oxycerites subcostarius Schlegelmilch

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Haploceratina
superfamily	Haploceratoidea	(Zittel 1884)
family	Oppeliidae	Bonarelli 1894
genus	Oxycerites
species	subcostarius	()

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.

†Oxycerites subcostarius Oppel 1862

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	18.4	17.5	19.4	18.4	1.34
shell diameter	2	32.2	30.0	34.5	32.2	3.18
shell inflation	2	2.96	2.50	3.50	3.00	0.707

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 Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian	168.2 - 161.5	Madagascar (Toliara)	Oppelia subcostaria (98168)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Madagascar	Oppelia subcostaria (98130 98155)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	France	Oxycerites subcostarius (60425 60426 60427)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Switzerland	Oppelia subcostaria (171572 171582 171583 171584)
Early/Lower Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	Switzerland	Oppelia subcostaria (171566)