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Solenoceras texanum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoceras texanus was named by Shumard (1861) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Solenoceras (Solenoceras) texanum by Morozumi (1985); it was recombined as Solenoceras texanum by Kennedy and Cobban (1993), Kennedy et al. (2000) and Ifrim et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Ptychoceras texanus Shumard p. 189
1985Solenoceras (Solenoceras) texanum Morozumi p. 43 figs. Pl 17, figs 1-3
1993Solenoceras texanum Kennedy and Cobban p. 424
2000Solenoceras texanum Kennedy et al. p. 14 figs. Pl 1, figs 10-16; pl 4, figs 1-7; text-fig 11
2015Solenoceras texanum Ifrim et al. p. 239 figs. 11I-L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyPolyptychoceratinaeMatsumoto 1938
genusSolenocerasConrad 1860
speciestexanum(Shumard 1861)

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.

Solenoceras texanum Shumard 1861
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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: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan Solenoceras texanum (176801)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) Solenoceras texanum (178348 178528 178529 178530 178532 178533 178537)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) Solenoceras texanum (174742)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Solenoceras texanum (7481 7507 7510 7565 7579 7580)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Solenoceras texanum (83043)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Solenoceras texanum (31993)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Solenoceras texanum (7570)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Solenoceras texanum (7560)