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Prionocyclus novimexicanus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites novimexicani was named by Marcou (1858). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Prionocyclus novimexicanus by Cobban (1983), Kennedy et al. (2001), Cooper (2003), Sealey and Lucas (2011), Sealey and Lucas (2011), Sealey and Lucas (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. cobbani, P. percarinatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ammonites novimexicani Marcou
1946Prionocyclus wyomingensis elegans Haas
1983Prionocyclus novimexicanus Cobban p. 19
2001Prionocyclus novimexicanus Kennedy et al. p. 117
2003Prionocyclus novimexicanus Cooper p. 131 fig. 26
2011Prionocyclus novimexicanus Sealey and Lucas p. 363 fig. 3
2019Prionocyclus novimexicanus Sealey and Lucas p. 177 figs. 64C,D, 67A,D,M,N

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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)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyCollignoniceratinaeWright and Wright 1951
genusPrionocyclusMeek 1876
speciesnovimexicanus(Marcou 1858)

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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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Minnesota) Prionocyclus novimexicanus (88030 88031)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Wyoming) Prionocyclus novimexicanus (88384 88385 88419 88420)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Prionocyclus novimexicanus (88377 88378 88379 88388)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Prionocyclus novimexicanus (171822 171823 171824 171828 171832 171848 171849)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Angola Prionocyclus novimexicanus (210902)