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Arieticeras amalthei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites amalthei was named by Oppel (1853) [Ammonites radians amalthei].

It was recombined as Arieticeras amalthei by Meister (1989), Géczy and Meister (1998) and Hillebrandt (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. crassitesta, A. delcampanai, A. fucinii, A. intumescens, A. pseudocanavarii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Ammonites amalthei Oppel figs. Pl 3, fig 1
1989Arieticeras amalthei Meister p. 43 figs. Pl 6, figs 7,9,10; text-fig 31
1998Arieticeras amalthei Géczy and Meister p. 115 figs. Pl 13, fig 9
2006Arieticeras amalthei Hillebrandt p. 236 figs. Pl 61, figs 9a-c

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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
genusArieticerasSeguenza 1885
speciesamalthei(Oppel 1853)

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.

†Arieticeras amalthei Oppel 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height211.0--11.0-
shell diameter237.130.046.038.011.3
shell inflation212.0--12.0-

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: Margaritatus or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary Arieticeras amalthei (109107 109491 109510 109511)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Chile Arieticeras amalthei (181770)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Spain (Aragon) Arieticeras amalthei (98414 146741)