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Wagnericeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy

Wagnericeras is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites wagneri.

It was assigned to Perisphinctidae by Besnosov and Mitta (1993); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Zigzagiceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957) and Zatoń (2010).

Species

W. arbustigerum, W. fortecostatum, W. wagneri

Species lacking formal opinion data

W. rerati

Synonyms

Suspensites was named by Buckman (1922).

It was synonymized subjectively with Wagnericeras by Besnosov and Mitta (1993); it was reranked as Wagnericeras (Suspensites) by Enay et al. (1994).

It was assigned to Wagnericeras by Enay et al. (1994).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1922	Suspensites Buckman
1957	Wagnericeras Arkell et al. p. 316
1993	Wagnericeras Besnosov and Mitta p. 166
1994	Wagnericeras (Suspensites) Enay et al. p. 133
2002	Wagnericeras Sepkoski
2010	Wagnericeras Zatoń p. 142

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Perisphinctidae	Steinmann 1890
subfamily	Zigzagiceratinae
genus	Wagnericeras

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. †Wagnericeras

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†Wagnericeras arbustigerum d'Orbigny 1846

†Wagnericeras fortecostatum de Grossouvre 1930

†Wagnericeras wagneri Oppel 1857

Invalid names: Suspensites Buckman 1922 [synonym]

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

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian - Middle Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Germany	W. arbustigerum (62252)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Uzbekistan	W. wagneri, W. arbustigerum (188461)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Poland	W. fortecostatum (186794 186797)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Germany	W. sp. (62255)
Middle Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Germany	W. sp. (59275) W. suspensum (59274)
Middle Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Madagascar (Toamasina)	W. rerati (234065)