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Yabeiceras transiens

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Yabeiceras transiens was named by Kennedy and Wright (1983) [DISTRIBUTION: Coniacian; South Africa.]. Its type specimen is SAM-D1188A, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Yabeiceras transiens Kennedy and Wright p. 303 figs. figs. 46

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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)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyBarroisiceratinaeBasse 1947
genusYabeicerasTokunaga and Shimizu 1926
speciestransiens

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.

Yabeiceras transiens Kennedy and Wright 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height131.8
shell diameter183.9
shell inflation130.3

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7South Africa Yabeiceras transiens (82457)