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Romaniceras (Romaniceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Romaniceras (Romaniceras) Spath
1982Romaniceras (Romaniceras) Renz p. 69
1988Romaniceras (Romaniceras) Kennedy and Cobban p. 25
1994Romaniceras (Romaniceras) Chancellor et al. p. 34
1996Romaniceras (Romaniceras) Wright et al. p. 171
2016Romaniceras (Romaniceras) Kennedy and Gale p. 273

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusRomanicerasSpath 1923
subgenusRomanicerasSpath 1923

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.

Subg. †Romaniceras (Romaniceras) Spath 1923
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Invalid names: Romaniceras (Romaniceras) indiduraense Jones 1938 [synonym], Romaniceras adkinsi Jones 1938 [synonym], Romaniceras santaanaense Jones 1938 [synonym], Romaniceras toribioense Jones 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Wright et al. 1996Whorl section oval, round, or depressed; with 9 more or less equidistant tubercles, the ventrolateral and siphonal in some cases clavate.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1156.626.0141.050.036.8
shell diameter11132.862.5345.0119.094.3
shell inflation1142.420.0115.037.033.6

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: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico Romaniceras mexicanum, Romaniceras adkinsi, Romaniceras santaanaense, Romaniceras toribioense, Romaniceras indiduraense (230856)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil Romaniceras deverianum (140889)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela Romaniceras deverianum (87994)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Japan Romaniceras deverianum (86986) Romaniceras sp. (87013)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Romaniceras deverianum (66962)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Romaniceras mexicanum (77803 77808 171836 171837 178753 178759 178760 178761 178764 178765 178766 178770 178772 178773 178781 178782 178783 178784 178785 178786 178787 178788 178789)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia Romaniceras kallesi (88856)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Romaniceras kallesi (143164)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3France (Charente-Maritime) Romaniceras kallesi (174906)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico (Chihuahua) Romaniceras mexicanum (38966 38968 38969 38970)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Romaniceras santaanaense (88676)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Papua New Guinea Romaniceras deverianum (174853)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3France Romaniceras mexicanum (184520 184521)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Japan Romaniceras deverianum, Romaniceras kallesi (87012)