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Volanoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Simoceratidae

Taxonomy
Volanoceras was named by Geyssant (1985). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Simoceratidae by Geyssant (1985).

Species lacking formal opinion data
V. aesinense, V. krantzense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Volanoceras Geyssant pp. 667-680

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familySimoceratidaeSpath 1924
genusVolanocerasGeyssant 1985

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. †Volanoceras Geyssant 1985
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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 Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Hungary V. aesinense (23872)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Berriasian150.8 - 139.8Argentina (Neuquén) V. sp. (135627)