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Acanthoceras basseae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras basseae was named by Kennedy and Hancock (1970). Its type specimen is KENNEDY et HANCOCK,pl. 97, figure 1 a-b and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sainte-Catherine, Rouen, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the Craie de Rouen Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. quadratum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Acanthoceras basseae Kennedy and Hancock p. 481 figs. pl. 97, figures 1, 2, 5
1972Acanthoceras vergonsense Thomel p. 158 figs. pl.79, figs. 5-7; non pl.78, figs. 2-4
1976Acanthoceras basseae Juignet and Kennedy p. 119 figs. Pl. 33, figure 4 a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusAcanthoceras
speciesbasseae

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.

†Acanthoceras basseae Kennedy and Hancock 1970
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Invalid names: Acanthoceras vergonsense Thomel 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available