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Gauthiericeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Gauthiericeras de Grossouvre
1952Gauthiericeras Wright
1965Fluminites van Hoepen p. 31
1984Gauthiericeras Kennedy p. 88
1984Gauthiericeras Klinger and Kennedy p. 238
1988Gauthiericeras Thomel p. 47
1995Gauthiericeras Kennedy p. 412
2002Andersonites Sepkoski
2002Gauthiericeras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyCollignoniceratinaeWright and Wright 1951
genusGauthiericerasde Grossouvre 1894

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. †Gauthiericeras de Grossouvre 1894
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Gauthiericeras albiforme Klinger and Kennedy 1984
Gauthiericeras album van Hoepen 1965
Gauthiericeras boreaui de Grossouvre 1894
Gauthiericeras libertae van Hoepen 1955
Gauthiericeras listeri van Hoepen 1965
Gauthiericeras margae Schlüter 1867
Gauthiericeras nouelianum d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Gauthiericeras fauremuretae Collignon 1967 [synonym]
Gauthiericeras obesum van Hoepen 1955
Gauthiericeras roquei Peron 1896
Invalid names: Andersonites [synonym], Fluminites van Hoepen 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3053.127.598.051.019.4
shell diameter30144.365.8311.0135.062.4
shell inflation3055.316.8144.053.030.2

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 Coniacian to the top of the Coniacian or 89.30000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Gabon G. margae, G. roquei (209614) G. roquei (209615)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France G. margae (3735 179012) G. margae, G. nouelianum (179013)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Spain G. vascogoticum, G. margae, G. roquei (66964)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Brazil G. sp. (140901)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Venezuela Andersonites listeri (88351)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Spain (Catalunia) G. margae (162691)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France G. boreaui (179028 179029) G. margae (179014 179015 179016 179017 179020 179021 179222 179666 179667) G. margae, Ammonites nouelianus (179011) G. margae, G. boreaui (179018) G. margae, G. nouelianum (179010 179019) G. nouelianum (179022 179024 179219)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France (Indre-et-Loire) G. nouelianum (179023)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8South Africa G. albiforme (158492) G. obesum (158491) G. obesum, G. listeri, G. album, G. libertae (82448)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Spain (Catalunia) G. margae (162688)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8South Africa G. libertae (82446) G. listeri, G. album, G. libertae (82442) G. obesum, G. libertae (82441)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France G. nouelianum (179124 179668 179669 179756) Schloenbachia boreaui (179030 179031)
Middle Coniacian - Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France G. margae (69886)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Spain G. margae (66968 66969)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5France G. margae (69868)