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Watinoceras coloradoense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras coloradoensis was named by Henderson (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bridge Creek Limestone, Greenhorn Fm, which is in a Turonian marine limestone in the Greenhorn Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Watinoceras coloradoensis by Warren (1947); it was recombined as Watinoceras (Watinoceras) coloradoense by Cooper (1978); it was recombined as Watinoceras coloradoense by Cobban (1983), Chancellor et al. (1994), Stelck et al. (2002), Gale et al. (2005), Ifrim and Stinnesbeck (2007), Wilmsen and Nagm (2013), Wilmsen and Nagm (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. flexuosum, W. guentherti, W. hattini, W. praecursor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Acanthoceras coloradoensis Henderson p. 259 figs. pl. 13, figs. 10, 11
1947Watinoceras coloradoensis Warren
1978Watinoceras (Watinoceras) coloradoense Cooper p. 123
1983Watinoceras coloradoense Cobban p. 15
1994Watinoceras coloradoense Chancellor et al. p. 24
2002Watinoceras coloradoense Stelck et al. p. 1791
2005Watinoceras coloradoense Gale et al. p. 172 figs. 5A-D
2007Watinoceras coloradoense Ifrim and Stinnesbeck p. 647
2013Watinoceras coloradoense Wilmsen and Nagm p. 654 figs. 7F, 8B
2014Watinoceras coloradoense Wilmsen and Nagm p. 212 fig. 6b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusWatinocerasWarren 1930
speciescoloradoense(Henderson 1908)

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.

†Watinoceras coloradoense Henderson 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height218.917.021.019.02.83
shell diameter244.441.048.044.54.95
shell inflation214.514.015.014.50.707

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: Middle Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Sachsen) Watinoceras coloradoense (172054)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil (Sergipe) Watinoceras coloradoense (175461)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Minnesota) Watinoceras coloradoense (88029)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Watinoceras coloradoense (87879 87881 87882)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Venezuela (Trujillo) Watinoceras coloradoense (88036)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Colombia Watinoceras coloradoense (46997 46998)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (Northwest Territories) Watinoceras coloradoensis (87436)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Colorado) Watinoceras coloradoense (type locality: 87872)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Angola Watinoceras coloradoense (175546)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Arizona) Watinoceras coloradoense (53935 53937 54188 54194)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Watinoceras coloradoense (140889)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (British Columbia) Acanthoceras coloradoensis (87444)