Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Neokentroceras subtuberculatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Neokentroceras subtuberculatum was named by Spath (1922) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Upper Albian.]. Its type specimen is BMNH C.20042, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 292, Canyon E. of Old Lobito, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Neokentroceras choffati Spath p. 106
1922Neokentroceras subtuberculatum Spath p. 141 figs. D, 8, 8a
1942Neokentroceras choffati Haas p. 49 figs. Pl 7, figs 15-18; pl 9, fig 4; text-fig 6a
1942Neokentroceras subtuberculatum Haas p. 56 figs. Pl 8, fig 7; pl 9, fig 7; text-figs 6h,i
1965Neokentroceras subtuberculatum Howarth p. 351

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyBrancoceratinaeSpath 1934
genusNeokentroceras
speciessubtuberculatum

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.

show all | hide all
Invalid names: Neokentroceras choffati Spath 1922 [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: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Neokentroceras choffati, Neokentroceras subtuberculatum (83840) Neokentroceras subtuberculatum (88880 type locality: 210730 210739) Schloenbachia lenzi (210851)