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Agoniatites (Agoniatites)

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Agoniatitidae

Taxonomy
Agoniatites (Agoniatites) was named by Meek (1877).

It was assigned to Agoniatites by Göddertz (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Agoniatites (Agoniatites) Meek
1987Agoniatites (Agoniatites) Göddertz p. 141

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyAgoniatitaceaeHolzapfel 1899
familyAgoniatitidaeHolzapfel 1899
genusAgoniatitesMeek 1877
subgenusAgoniatitesMeek 1877

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.

Subg. †Agoniatites (Agoniatites) Meek 1877
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†Agoniatites (Agoniatites) praeceps Chlupac and Turek 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height222.022.022.022.0-
shell diameter243.042.044.043.01.41
shell inflation28.758.509.008.750.354

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 393.30000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.2 - 387.7Czech Republic Agoniatites praeceps (12148)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Czech Republic Agoniatites praeceps (172686)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Czech Republic Agoniatites praeceps (172683)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Algeria Agoniatites sp. A (40369 40372 40463) Agoniatites sp. A, Agoniatites sp. B (40462) Agoniatites sp. B (40366 40368 40458)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic Agoniatites sp. (172702 172706 172708 172709 172712 172713 172714)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Czech Republic (Barrandia) Agoniatites sp., Agoniatites praeceps (12258)