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Acanthopleuroceras actaeon aegion

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites aegion was named by d'Orbigny (1844). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R01396 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Les Cottards, nr Saint George de Poisieux, which is in a Pliensbachian marine horizon in France.

It was recombined as Acanthopleuroceras actaeon aegion by Enay et al. (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ammonites aegion d'Orbigny p. 234 figs. Pl. 61, Fig. 4-6
1994Acanthopleuroceras actaeon aegion Enay et al. p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyTropidoceratinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusAcanthopleurocerasHyatt 1867
speciesactaeon()
subspeciesaegion()

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

Age range: Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0France (Centre-Val de Loire) Ammonites aegion (type locality: 234368)