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Benueites mosquerae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites mosquerae was named by Karsten (1886). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Benueites mosquerae by Renz (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. spinuosus

Synonyms
  • Benueites spinosus was named by Reyment (1954) [DISTRIBUTION: Turonian; Western Africa.]. Its type specimen is BMNH C.47388, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadatta, near Makurdi, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Nigeria.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Benueites mosquerae by Renz (1982).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Ammonites mosquerae Karsten p. 62 figs. pl. 4, figs. 4a-c
1954Benueites spinosus Reyment p. 155 figs. pl. 3, figs. 2-4
1955Benueites spinosus Reyment p. 58 figs. Pl 13, figs 3,4a,4b; text-fig 25a
1982Benueites mosquerae Renz p. 92

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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)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusBenueites
speciesmosquerae(Karsten 1886)

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.

†Benueites mosquerae Karsten 1886
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Invalid names: Benueites spinosus Reyment 1954 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height219.415.025.020.07.07
shell diameter244.536.055.045.513.4
shell inflation29.959.0011.010.01.41

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 Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Benueites spinosus (82785)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Venezuela (Trujillo) Benueites mosquerae (88083 88084)