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Kamerunoceras eschii

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras eschii was named by Solger (1904). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wohltmannbank, above Diki, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon. It is the type species of Kamerunoceras.

It was recombined as Kamerunoceras eschii by Reyment (1954), Reyment (1955), Reyment (1958), Cobban and Hook (1983), Howarth (1985), Kennedy et al. (1987) and Kennedy (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Acanthoceras eschii Solger p. 124 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-4; text-fig 21
1954Kamerunoceras eschii Reyment p. 251 figs. Pl 3, fig 5; pl 5, figs 3,6; text-fig 2
1955Kamerunoceras eschii Reyment p. 59
1958Kamerunoceras eschii Reyment p. 55 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 2, fig 1
1983Kamerunoceras eschii Cobban and Hook p. 13
1985Kamerunoceras eschii Howarth
1987Kamerunoceras eschii Kennedy et al. p. 33
1994Kamerunoceras eschii Kennedy p. 258

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusKamerunoceras
specieseschii()

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.

†Kamerunoceras eschii Solger 1904
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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: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Kamerunoceras eschii (177107)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Cameroon Acanthoceras eschii (209680 209685) Kamerunoceras eschii (82784 209684)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Kamerunoceras eschii (69507 82780)