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Eleniceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Eleniceras was named by Breskovski (1967). Its type is Eleniceras stevrecensis.

It was assigned to Cephalopoda by Vasicek and Faupl (1996); and to Neocomitinae by Reboulet (1996), Vasicek (2002), Lukeneder (2004).

Species
E. nikolovi, E. stevrecensis (type species), E. tchechitevi, E. transsylvanicum
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. spiniger, E. spinigerum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Eleniceras Breskovski
1996Eleniceras Reboulet p. 101
1996Eleniceras Vasicek and Faupl p. 110
2002Eleniceras Vasicek p. 192
2004Eleniceras Lukeneder p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyNeocomitinaeSalfeld 1921
genusElenicerasBreskovski 1967

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.

G. †Eleniceras Breskovski 1967
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†Eleniceras nikolovi Breskovski 1967
†Eleniceras stevrecensis Breskovski 1967
†Eleniceras tchechitevi Breskovski 1967
†Eleniceras transsylvanicum Jekelius 1915
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height121.8
diameter147.8
inflation113.6
shell height135.0
shell diameter191.0
shell inflation132.0

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 Valanginian to the top of the Hauterivian or 137.05000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Tunisia E. sp. (205371 205374 205400)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France E. nikolovi (202568) E. sp. (66027 66028 202571 202573) E. spinigerum (202848) E. spinigerum, E. sp. (202569 202570) E. tchechitevi (202572)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Romania E. spiniger, E. transsylvanicum, E. tchechitevi (69198)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France (Ain) E. tchechitevi (240093 240094 240097)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Austria E. sp. (64831) E. stevrecensis, E. tchechitevi (69117) E. tchechitevi (69108)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Ukraine (Crimea) E. nicolovi (124737) E. tauricum, E. spiniger (124736)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Slovakia E. spiniger (2118)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France E. nikolovi (202580) E. sp. (66029 202574 202575 202577 202589 202594 202852 202870) E. spinigerum (202854) E. spinigerum, E. nikolovi (202855) E. tchechitevi (202579 202858 202864)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Slovakia E. nikolovi, E. transsylvanicum (69122)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Slovakia E. spinger, E. tchechitevi (2119)