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Glyptoxoceras texanum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Glyptoxoceras texanum was named by Kennedy et al. (2001) [DISTRIBUTION: Santonian; Western Interior.]. Its type specimen is USNM 490970, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. kotakai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Glyptoxoceras texanum Kennedy et al. p. 7 figs. fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyDiplomoceratinaeSpath 1926
genusGlyptoxocerasSpath 1925
speciestexanum

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.

†Glyptoxoceras texanum Kennedy et al. 2001
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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: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Texas) Glyptoxoceras texanum (83068)