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Osperleioceras (Osperleioceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Osperleioceras (Osperleioceras) Krimholtz
1957Osperleioceras (Osperleioceras) Krimholz

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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
subfamilyHarpoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusOsperleioceras()
subgenusOsperleioceras

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1213.410.017.513.02.19
shell diameter1228.021.038.028.54.64
shell inflation126.504.0010.55.602.54

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: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.10000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6France (Deux-Sevrès) Osperleioceras reynesi, Osperleioceras authelini (140875)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Spain Osperleioceras authelini (147113) Osperleioceras reynesi (147105 147107 147108)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6France Osperleioceras reynesi (161678) Osperleioceras reynesi, Osperleioceras subcostulatum (161677) Osperleioceras subcostulatum (161670)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6France (Vendée) Osperleioceras authelini (147222) Osperleioceras rivierense (147214) Osperleioceras sp., Osperleioceras rivierense, Osperleioceras subcostulatum (147215)