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Aulacostephanus (Pararasenia) quenstedti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Taxonomy
Aulacostephanus quenstedti was named by Durand (1933).

It was recombined as Aulacostephanus (Pararasenia) quenstedti by Mesezhnikov (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Aulacostephanus quenstedti Durand p. 207 figs. Pl 20, fig 1
1984Aulacostephanus (Pararasenia) quenstedti Mesezhnikov p. 134 figs. Pl 27, fig 1; text-fig 52

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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
subgenusPararasenia
speciesquenstedti(Durand 1933)

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 height253.446.161.954.011.2
shell diameter2152.6128.0182.0155.038.2
shell inflation246.329.472.851.130.7

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

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 quenstedti (58778 58779 58781 58782 164311)