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Lithacosphinctes achilles

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites achilles was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R04158.

It was recombined as Lithacosphinctes achilles by Enay et al. (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites achilles d'Orbigny p. 540 figs. Pl. 206, fig. 1, 4; pl. 207. fig. 1. 2.
1994Lithacosphinctes achilles Enay et al. p. 177

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyAtaxioceratinaeBuckman 1921
genusLithacosphinctesOloriz 1978
speciesachilles()

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.

Lithacosphinctes achilles d'Orbigny 1850
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available