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Protancyloceras guembeli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Protancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Ancyloceras guembeli was named by Oppel (1865). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Protancyloceras.

It was recombined as Protancyloceras guembeli by Cantu-Chapa (1962), Klein et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ancyloceras guembeli Oppel p. 547
1962Protancyloceras guembeli Cantu-Chapa p. 27
2007Protancyloceras guembeli Klein et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyProtancyloceratoideaBreistroffer 1947
familyProtancyloceratidaeBreistroffer 1947
genusProtancylocerasSpath 1924
speciesguembeli(Oppel 1865)

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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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available