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Oxytropidoceras peruvianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites peruvianus was named by von Buch (1839). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Oxytropidoceras peruvianum by Benavides-Caceres (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Ammonites peruvianus von Buch p. 5 figs. pl. 1, fig. 5
1956Oxytropidoceras peruvianum Benavides-Caceres p. 458

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusOxytropidocerasStieler 1920
speciesperuvianum(von Buch 1839)

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.

Oxytropidoceras peruvianum von Buch 1839
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Coniacian or 110.10000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Colombia Oxytropidoceras peruvianum (67464 67465 67466 67468)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Ammonites peruvianus (44232)