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Brewericeras breweri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites brewerii was named by Gabb (1864). Its type specimen is UCMP 12098, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Brewericeras.

It was recombined as Beudanticeras breweri by Anderson (1938); it was recombined as Brewericeras breweri by Casey (1954), Imlay (1960) and Jones et al. (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Ammonites brewerii Gabb p. 62 figs. pl. 10, fig. 7
1869Ammonites brewerii Gabb p. 130 figs. PI.20,Fig.5; PI.19,Fig.5a,b,6,6a
1938Beudanticeras breweri Anderson p. 189 figs. Plate 43, figure 3; plate 44, figures 1, 2
1954Brewericeras breweri Casey p. 112
1960Brewericeras breweri Imlay p. 105
1965Brewericeras breweri Jones et al. p. F15 figs. Plate 8, figures 3, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyUhligellinae
genusBrewericeras
speciesbreweri()

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.

†Brewericeras breweri Gabb 1864
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Turonian or 113.00000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (California) Beudanticeras breweri (216372 216373 225527)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) Beudanticeras breweri (83769 83770 216376 216377)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Alaska) Brewericeras breweri (38516)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Beudanticeras breweri (44240)