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Aegyptosaepia

Cephalopoda - Sepiida - Belosaepiidae

Taxonomy
Aegyptosaepia was named by Košťák et al. (2013). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Belosaepiidae by Košťák et al. (2013).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Aegyptosaepia Košťák et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superorderDecabrachiaBoettger 1952
orderSepiidaZittel 1895
familyBelosaepiidaeDixon 1850
genusAegyptosaepia

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.

G. †Aegyptosaepia Košťák et al. 2013
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Aegyptosaepia lugeri Košťák et al. 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:30:02
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:30:02
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Thanetian or 58.70000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Egypt A. lugeri (172933 172934)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Egypt A. lugeri (172932)