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Eleganticeras elegantulum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites elegantulus was named by Young and Bird (1828).

It was recombined as Eleganticeras elegantulum by Howarth (1962), Howarth (1992) and Bécaud (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. elongatum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Ammonites elegantulus Young and Bird p. 267
1843Ammonites similis Simpson p. 34
1855Ammonites rugatulus Simpson
1855Ammonites ovatulus Simpson p. 76
1913Eleganticeras pseudoelegans Buckman p. viii
1962Eleganticeras elegantulum Howarth p. 412
1962Eleganticeras rugatulum Howarth p. 413
1992Eleganticeras elegantulum Howarth p. 79 figs. Pl 7, figs 4-8; pl 8, figs 1-21; pl 9, fig 1; text-figs 16,17,18B,19A,21
2006Eleganticeras elegantulum Bécaud p. 49 figs. Pl 5, fig 1

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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
genusEleganticeras
specieselegantulum(Young and Bird 1828)

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.

†Eleganticeras elegantulum Young and Bird 1828
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Invalid names: Ammonites ovatulus Simpson 1855 [synonym], Ammonites rugatulus Simpson 1855 [synonym], Ammonites similis Simpson 1843 [synonym], Eleganticeras pseudoelegans Buckman 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height118.0
diameter137.3
inflation19.00
shell height178.0
shell diameter1199.5
shell inflation170.5

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 Toarcian to the top of the Tenuicostatum or 182.70000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Murcia) Eleganticeras elegantulum (201418 201422)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Cantabria) Eleganticeras elegantulum (222261 222262 222263 222264)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Granda) Eleganticeras elegantulum (201064 201065 201066 201067 201068)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Eleganticeras pseudoelegans (204117)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Germany Eleganticeras elegantulum (151353)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Bulgaria Eleganticeras elegantulum (150907)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Eleganticeras elegantulum (44623 147854) Eleganticeras elegantulum, Eleganticeras rugatulum (44626 147829 147830 147834 147835 147836 147837 147838 147839) Eleganticeras rugatulum (147841 147855)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France (Vendée) Eleganticeras elegantulum (147198)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (England) Eleganticeras elegantulum (104009)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France (Deux-Sevrès) Eleganticeras elegantulum (140858 147147)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Spain (Aragon) Eleganticeras elegantulum (146793)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Spain (Cantabria) Eleganticeras elegantulum (169506)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Eleganticeras elegantulum (24862)