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Acanthoceras chasca

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras chasca was named by Benavides-Caceres (1956). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Acanthoceras chasca Benavides-Caceres p. 466 figs. pl. 53, figs. 1-4

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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
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusAcanthoceras
specieschasca

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.

Acanthoceras chasca Benavides-Caceres 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height129.0
shell diameter161.0
shell inflation116.0

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 Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Peru (Cajamarca) Acanthoceras chasca (88159)