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Simaspidoceras argobbae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Aspidoceras argobbae was named by Dacque (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Atschabo, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia.

It was recombined as Simaspidoceras argobbae by Dacque (1905).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Simaspidoceras argobbae Dacque

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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
genusSimaspidoceras
speciesargobbae()

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.

Simaspidoceras argobbae Dacque 1905
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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: Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Ethiopia Aspidoceras argobbae (93501)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Ethiopia Aspidoceras argobbae (type locality: 94585)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian149.2 - 149.2Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Simaspidoceras argobbae (2544 2546 2569 2617)