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Acrioceras (Acrioceras) zulu

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Acrioceras (Acrioceras) zulu was named by Klinger and Kennedy (1992) [DISTRIBUTION: Barremian; South Africa.]. Its type specimen is BMNH C80009, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. breistrofferi, A. incumbens, A. julivertii, A. nodulosum, A. terveri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Acrioceras (Acrioceras) zulu Klinger and Kennedy p. 110 figs. figs. 25-28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
subfamilyAncyloceratinaeGill 1871
genusAcrioceras
subgenusAcriocerasHyatt 1900
specieszulu

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.

†Acrioceras (Acrioceras) zulu Klinger and Kennedy 1992
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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: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4South Africa Acrioceras zulu (65847 82475)