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Leioceras comptocostosum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Graphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Leioceras comptocostosum was named by Chandler and Callomon (2009). Its type specimen is SM X 40269, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coombe Quarry, Mapperton, Bed 2c,d, which is in an Opalinum shallow subtidal conglomerate/limestone in the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Leioceras comptocostosum Chandler and Callomon p. 107 figs. Pls 1-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyGraphoceratidaeBuckman 1905
subfamilyLeioceratinaeSpath 1936
genusLeioceras
speciescomptocostosum

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.

Leioceras comptocostosum Chandler and Callomon 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height627.213.045.534.813.6
shell diameter678.335.0130.0102.542.6
shell inflation630.014.054.634.915.8

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: Opalinum or 175.60000 to 171.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Opalinum175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom Leioceras comptocostosum (type locality: 141362)