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Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) venezolanum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Oxytropidoceras venezolanum was named by Stieler (1920). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Venezoliceras venezolanum by Benavides-Caceres (1956); it was recombined as Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) venezolanum by Renz (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. multifidum, O. pandalense, O. robustum, O. roissyi, Venezoliceras chihuahuaense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Oxytropidoceras venezolanum Stieler p. 394
1956Venezoliceras venezolanum Benavides-Caceres p. 459
1982Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) venezolanum Renz p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusOxytropidocerasStieler 1920
subgenusVenezoliceras(Spath 1925)
speciesvenezolanum(Stieler 1920)

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.

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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 109.00000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Ecuador Venezoliceras venezolanum (56767)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Colombia Oxytropidoceras venezolanum (67476 67477)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Venezuela (Lara) Oxytropidoceras venezolanum (87953)