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Epicheloniceras tschernyschewi

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Douvilleiceratidae

Taxonomy
Douvilleiceras tschernyschewi was named by Sinzow (1906). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras).

It was recombined as Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) tschernyschewi by Casey (1954), El Qot (2018); it was recombined as Epicheloniceras tschernyschowi by Aliev (1958); it was recombined as Cheloniceras tschernyschewi by Förster (1975); it was recombined as Epicheloniceras tschernyschewi by Collignon (1962), Ovando-Figueroa et al. (2018), Lehmann and Aly (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. subnodocostatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Douvilleiceras tschernyschewi Sinzow p. 182 figs. Pl 2, figs 11,12; pl 3, figs 2-8
1954Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) tschernyschewi Casey p. 113
1958Epicheloniceras tschernyschowi Aliev p. 75 figs. Pl 3, fig 12
1962Epicheloniceras tschernyschewi Collignon p. 41 figs. Pl 232, fig 992
1975Cheloniceras tschernyschewi Förster p. 201 figs. Pl 7, fig 11; text-fig 58
2018Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) tschernyschewi El Qot p. 166 figs. 14E-G
2018Epicheloniceras tschernyschewi Ovando-Figueroa et al. p. 114 fig. 4H
2024Epicheloniceras tschernyschewi Lehmann and Aly p. 7 figs. 6-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyDouvilleiceratoidea(Parona and Bonarelli 1897)
familyDouvilleiceratidaeParona and Bonarelli 1897
subfamilyCheloniceratinaeSpath 1923
genusEpicheloniceras()
speciestschernyschewi(Sinzow 1906)

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 height532.418.063.028.021.0
shell diameter575.646.0139.068.043.2
shell inflation523.212.042.020.014.5

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: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Cheloniceras tschernyschewi (1759 1760)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Azerbaijan Epicheloniceras tschernyschowi (209384)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0France Epicheloniceras tschernyschewi (185039)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Germany Cheloniceras tschernyschewi (64189)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Epicheloniceras tschernyschewi (189917)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Epicheloniceras tschernyschewi (232865)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Madagascar Epicheloniceras tschernyschewi (84024)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico Douvilleiceras tschernyschewi (65624)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Cheloniceras tschernyschewi (191709) Epicheloniceras tschernyschewi (235865 235866 235868)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Mozambique Cheloniceras tschernyschewi (174803)