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Alligaticeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Alligaticeras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Perisphinctinae by Schlegelmilch (1994) and Parent (2006).

Species
A. mairei, A. raguini
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. frickense, A. jooarense, A. jooraense, A. obliqueplicatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Alligaticeras Schlegelmilch p. 56
2002Alligaticeras Sepkoski
2006Alligaticeras Parent p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPerisphinctinaeSteinmann 1890
genusAlligaticeras

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.

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†Alligaticeras mairei de Loriol 1900
†Alligaticeras raguini Gerard and Contaut 1936
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 Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India A. sp. (68657)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India A. joorense (68644 68647)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France A. alligatus (60441) A. alliguatum (60440) A. sp. (60437)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar A. birmensdorfense, A. jooraense, A. obliqueplicatum (98177) A. frickense (98176) A. jooarense (98190) A. jooraense (98191) A. obliqueplicatum (98186 98187)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar A. frickense (234235)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) A. jooraense (234262)