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Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum was named by Powell (1963). Its type specimen is UTA 30842., a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. grecoi, P. nodosum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum Powell p. 318 figs. pl. 32, figs. 1, 9
1972Ampakabites collignoni Cobban and Scott
1979Pseudaspidoceras collignoni Kennedy and Wright p. 1166
1982Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum Chancellor p. 91
1987Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum Kennedy et al. p. 34
1994Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum Chancellor et al. p. 30
2005Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum Gale et al. p. 180 fig. 7G,H
2007Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum Ifrim and Stinnesbeck p. 649
2008Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum Aly et al. p. 47 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2

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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
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusPseudaspidoceras
speciesflexuosumPowell 1963

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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Invalid names: Pseudaspidoceras collignoni Cobban and Scott 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height732.919.083.028.024.6
shell diameter781.645.0220.064.078.6
shell inflation727.714.083.021.030.7

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 Middle Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum (229802)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum (55818)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum (140719)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Colorado) Ampakabites collignoni (87872) Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum (230903)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tunisia Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum (88842)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Jordan Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum (178493 178498 178503 178505)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil (Sergipe) Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum (175461)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum (87879 87880 87881 87882)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum (80991)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Arizona) Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum (53936)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum (138418)