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Orthaspidoceras lallierianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites lallierianus was named by d'Orbigny (1850) [First introduced as a nomen nudum in d'Orbigny 1841 (Cretaceous, Pg 307)]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R0306.

It was recombined as Orthaspidoceras lallierianum by Enay et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites lallierianus d'Orbigny p. 546 figs. Pl. 208, fig. 1-4
1994Orthaspidoceras lallierianum Enay et al. p. 178

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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
genusOrthaspidoceras
specieslallierianum()

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.

Orthaspidoceras lallierianum 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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1France Orthaspidoceras lallierianum (198559)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Switzerland (Jura) Orthaspidoceras lallierianum (185666)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Romania Orthaspidoceras lallierianum (198370 198371)