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Audaxlytoceras audax

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nannolytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Lytoceras audax was named by Meneghini (1881). It is the type species of Audaxlytoceras.

It was recombined as Audaxlytoceras audax by Alkaya and Meister (1995), Géczy and Meister (1998), Hillebrandt (2006) and Tongtherm et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Lytoceras audax Meneghini figs. Pl 5, fig 6
1995Audaxlytoceras audax Alkaya and Meister p. 141 figs. Pl 4, fig 3
1998Audaxlytoceras audax Géczy and Meister p. 99 figs. Pl 5, figs 3,5
2006Audaxlytoceras audax Hillebrandt p. 47 figs. Pl 3, fig 6
2016Audaxlytoceras audax Tongtherm et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
familyNannolytoceratidae(Spath 1927)
genusAudaxlytocerasFucini 1923
speciesaudax(Meneghini 1881)

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.

†Audaxlytoceras audax Meneghini 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.60--9.60-
shell diameter233.825.944.035.012.8
shell inflation210.0--10.0-

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Ibex or 251.20000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Thailand Audaxlytoceras audax (211353)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0Hungary Audaxlytoceras audax (109112)
Jamesoni - Ibex189.6 - 183.0Turkey Audaxlytoceras audax (147302 147326)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Chile Audaxlytoceras audax (181770)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary Audaxlytoceras audax (109099 109103 109105 109106 109111 109492 109494 109496 109498 109506 109519 109577 109690)