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Leptaleoceras accuratum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Arieticeras accuratum was named by Fucini (1931).

It was recombined as Leptaleoceras accuratum by Thomson and Smith (1992), Smith and Tipper (1996), Géczy and Meister (1998) and Meister et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Arieticeras accuratum Fucini
1992Leptaleoceras accuratum Thomson and Smith p. 34 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-6
1996Leptaleoceras accuratum Smith and Tipper p. 57 figs. Pl 22, figs 6,8,9
1998Leptaleoceras accuratum Géczy and Meister p. 118 figs. Pl 15, fig 4
2011Leptaleoceras accuratum Meister et al. p. 117.e47 figs. 23.7, 25.2, 25.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyArieticeratinae
genusLeptaleocerasBuckman 1918
speciesaccuratum(Fucini 1931)

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.

Leptaleoceras accuratum Fucini 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height418.0--18.0-
shell diameter443.732.370.040.517.1
shell inflation433.0--33.0-

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: Kunae or 185.70000 to 184.10000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Leptaleoceras accuratum (199616 199639 199655 199678 199679 199690)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0USA (Nevada) Leptaleoceras accuratum (207920 207941 207942)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (Yukon) Leptaleoceras accuratum (197544 208186)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Leptaleoceras accuratum (55610 55611 55612 55613 55614 55615 55616 55617 55618 55619 198424 198446 198462 198485 198486 198497 200429)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Morocco Leptaleoceras accuratum (148918 148919 148920)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Tunisia Leptaleoceras accuratum (84283)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary Leptaleoceras accuratum (109097 109105)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Canada (Yukon) Leptaleoceras accuratum (114779)
Kunae185.7 - 184.1Canada (British Columbia) Leptaleoceras accuratum (33166 200150)
Kunae185.7 - 184.1Canada (Yukon) Leptaleoceras accuratum (114581 114774 114775 114776 114777 114778 114780)