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Aulacostephanus (Aulacostephanus) yo

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites yo was named by d'Orbigny (1850). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R04160 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aulacostephanus (Aulacostephanus) yo by Mesezhnikov (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Ammonites yo d'Orbigny p. 545 fig. 210
1850Ammonites yo d'Orbigny p. 545 figs. Pl. 210, Fig 1-3
1984Aulacostephanus (Aulacostephanus) yo Mesezhnikov p. 121 figs. Pl 36, figs 1,2; pl 44, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAulacostephanidaeSpath 1924
genusAulacostephanus
subgenusAulacostephanusSutner and Pompeckj 1896
speciesyo()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height560.541.3100.852.925.5
shell diameter5124.986.0210.0108.052.8
shell inflation526.816.348.327.013.3

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: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Aulacostephanus yo (58779 58781 58782)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation Aulacostephanus yo (58850 58851)