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Mexicoceras guadalupense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae

Taxonomy
Waagenoceras guadalupense was named by Girty (1909) [Waagenoceras cummingsi var. guadalupense]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2965 green, southern Delaware Mountains, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian slope limestone in the Delaware Mountain Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Waagenoceras cumminsi guadalupense by Girty (1909); it was recombined as Mexicoceras guadalupense by Zhao (1980), Bogoslovskaya (1990), Leonova (2002), Leonova (2010), Alanis-Pavón et al. (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Waagenoceras cumminsi guadalupense Girty p. 502 figs. Pl 29, figs 23-26
1909Waagenoceras guadalupense Girty p. 502 figs. Pl 29, figs 23-26
1937Waagenoceras clavatum Plummer and Scott p. 160 figs. Pl 39, figs 12-15
1937Waagenoceras guadalupense Plummer and Scott p. 162 figs. Pl 39, figs 1-4
1940Waagenoceras guadalupense Miller and Furnish p. 163 figs. Pl 25, figs 4-6; pl 39, figs 7,8; pl 40, figs 1-7; pl 41, figs 1-7; pl 42, figs 1-6; pl 43, figs 1-3
1944Waagenoceras guadalupense Miller p. 109 figs. Pl 31, figs 1-5; pl 32, figs 9-12; text-fig 19
1945Waagenoceras guadalupense Miller p. 19 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,2
1980Mexicoceras guadalupense Zhao p. 80 fig. 1f
1990Mexicoceras guadalupense Bogoslovskaya p. 73
2002Mexicoceras guadalupense Leonova p. 86
2010Mexicoceras guadalupense Leonova
2025Mexicoceras guadalupense Alanis-Pavón et al. p. 873 figs. 9.4-9.7, 13.1, S4C,D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCycloloboidea(Zittel 1895)
familyCyclolobidaeZittel 1895
genusMexicocerasRuzhencev 1955
speciesguadalupense()

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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Invalid names: Waagenoceras clavatum Plummer and Scott 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2210.15.5015.710.82.84
shell diameter2224.414.937.726.16.49
shell inflation227.344.6010.17.501.62

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Capitanian or 274.40000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Mexico (Coahuila) Waagenoceras guadalupense (63055)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51USA (Texas) Waagenoceras guadalupense (type locality: 108830)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Coahuila) Mexicoceras guadalupense (275659 275662) Waagenoceras guadalupense (62920 62921 62922)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Mexicoceras guadalupense (102619) Waagenoceras guadalupense (89199 105514 105515 113176 113233 113235 113237 113240 113247 113248 113252 113255 113259 113261 113262 113263 113268 113269 113270 113271 113272 113273 113274 128592 131232)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Waagenoceras guadalupense (113131 113187 113231 113232 113253 131233 131234) Waagenoceras guadalupense, Waagenoceras clavatum (113230)