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Megatyloceras transiens

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Douvilleiceratidae

Taxonomy
Roloboceras transiens was named by Casey (1961). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gurgy (d'Orbigny collection), which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Argiles à Plicatules Formation of France.

It was recombined as Megatyloceras transiens by Bersac and Bert (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Roloboceras transiens Casey
2015Megatyloceras transiens Bersac and Bert figs. Pl 5, fig 10

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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
subfamilyRoloboceratinaeCasey 1961
genusMegatyloceras
speciestransiens(Casey 1961)

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
No measurements are available
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: or 122.46000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France Roloboceras transiens (type locality: 180753)