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Eochetoceras villersensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites villersensis was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R07507.

It was recombined as Eochetoceras villersensis by Courville (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. hersilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites villersensis d'Orbigny pp. 331, No. 52
2014Eochetoceras villersensis Courville figs. Pl. B fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyHecticoceratinaeSpath 1925
genusEochetoceras
speciesvillersensis()

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.

†Eochetoceras villersensis 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