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Forresteria forresteri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Barroisiceras (Forresteria) forresteri was named by Reeside (1932). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Oak Spring, Sevier Co. [Mancos Shale], which is in a Coniacian marine shale in the Mancos Shale Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Barroisiceras (Forresteria).

It was recombined as Forresteria forresteri by Kennedy and Wright (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Barroisiceras (Forresteria) forresteri Reeside p. 17 figs. pl. 5, figs. 2-7
1983Forresteria forresteri Kennedy and Wright p. 251

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyBarroisiceratinaeBasse 1947
genusForresteria()
speciesforresteri()

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.

Forresteria forresteri Reeside 1932
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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: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (Texas) Barroisiceras forresteri (type locality: 88539)