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Boehmoceras arculus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Hamites arculus was named by Morton (1834) [DISTRIBUTION: Santonian; North America, Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Baculites arculus by Cobban and Kennedy (1991); it was recombined as Boehmoceras arculus by Kennedy and Cobban (1991), Kennedy and Christennsen (1993) and Kennedy (1995).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Hamites arculus Morton p. 44 figs. pl. 15, figs. 1, 2
1931Boehmoceras loescheri Riedel p. 692 figs. Pl 78, figs 3-6
1979Boehmoceras loescheri Summesberger p. 119 figs. Pl 2, figs 15,16,18; text-figs 9-12
1991Baculites arculus Cobban and Kennedy
1991Boehmoceras arculus Kennedy and Cobban pp. 182 - 185 figs. 6:2, 8; 8:9-15, 18-22; 9 :1-2, 11-52; 10:20, 21, 24-26; 12:3
1993Boehmoceras arculus Kennedy and Christennsen p. 154
1995Boehmoceras arculus Kennedy p. 432 figs. Pl 30, figs 39,40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyBaculitidaeGill 1871
genusBoehmocerasRiedel 1931
speciesarculus(Morton 1834)

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.

†Boehmoceras arculus Morton 1834
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Invalid names: Boehmoceras loescheri Riedel 1931 [synonym]
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 Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 85.80000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Sweden Boehmoceras arculus (82707)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Baculites arculus (3586 3587)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Boehmoceras loescheri (178860)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Mississippi) Baculites arculus (3584) Boehmoceras arculus (3583)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Boehmoceras arculus (179741)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Alabama) Baculites arculus (3585)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Baculites arculus (3588)