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Oxycerites (Oxycerites) aspidoides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

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
O. aspioides, O. costatus, O. fallax, O. greppini, O. seebachi, O. discus
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
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
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: 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