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Radstockiceras lynx

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oxynoticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites lynx was named by d'Orbigny (1844). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R01557 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Les Bois des Trousses, west of Saint-Amand-Montrond, which is in a Pliensbachian marine marl in France.

It was recombined as Radstockiceras lynx by Enay et al. (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ammonites lynx d'Orbigny p. 288 figs. Pl. 87, Fig 1-4
1994Radstockiceras lynx Enay et al. p. 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyOxynoticeratidaeHyatt 1875
genusRadstockicerasBuckman 1918
specieslynx()

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.

Radstockiceras lynx d'Orbigny 1844
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

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 lynx (234371)