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Rursiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Rursiceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Peltoceratinae by Jeannet (1951); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Rursiceras Jeannet p. 181
2002Rursiceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPeltoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusRursiceras

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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Rursiceras pseudotorosum Prieser 1937
Rursiceras reversum Leckenby 1859
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height117.0
shell diameter152.5
shell inflation124.0

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 Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland R. sp. (171552)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France R. reversum (60544)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland R. pseudotorosum (171562) R. reversum (171767)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) R. reversum (234139)