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Mathoceras neoleonensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae

Taxonomy
Mathoceras neoleonensis was named by Barragán and Szives (2007). Its type specimen is IGM 8418, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Huasteca Canyon N.P., layer 8 [La Peña Fm], which is in an Aptian carbonate limestone/shale in Mexico.

Entered
by A. Hendy on 2009-03-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Mathoceras neoleonensis Barragán and Szives p. 27 figs. figs 4(7-10)

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDeshayesitoidea(Stoyanow 1949)
familyDeshayesitidaeStoyanow 1949
subfamilyMathoceratinaeCasey 1963
genusMathocerasCasey 1963
speciesneoleonensis

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.

Mathoceras neoleonensis Barragán and Szives 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height311.711.012.012.00.577
shell diameter332.031.033.032.01.00
shell inflation311.311.012.011.00.577

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Nuevo Léon) Mathoceras neoleonensis (type locality: 87927)