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Rhaeboceras halli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites halli was named by Meek and Hayden (1856). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Rhaeboceras.

It was recombined as Phylloceras halli by Meek (1876); it was recombined as Rhaeboceras halli by Riccardi (1983) and Cobban (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Ammonites halli Meek and Hayden p. 70
1876Phylloceras halli Meek p. 458
1983Rhaeboceras halli Riccardi p. 33
1987Rhaeboceras halli Cobban p. 6 figs. Pls 1-5; pl 6, figs 1-15; pl 7, fig 2; pl 8, figs 1,2; pl 11, figs 5,6; pl 12, figs 1-3; pl 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusRhaebocerasMeek 1876
specieshalli(Meek and Hayden 1856)

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.

†Rhaeboceras halli Meek and Hayden 1856
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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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Rhaeboceras albertense (178331) Rhaeboceras halli (111375 177980 178029 178319 178321 178323 178325 178326 178327 178328 178329 178330 178332 178333 178334 178335 178336 178337 178338 178339 178340 178341)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Rhaeboceras halli (178342 178343 178344 233963)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Rhaeboceras halli (88501)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) Rhaeboceras halli (178347 178349 178350 178351 178352 178353)