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Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) karsteni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

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

It was recombined as Oxytropidoceras (Benavidesites) karsteni by Cooper (1982); it was recombined as Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) karsteni by Renz (1982) and El Qot (2018).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Oxytropidoceras karsteni Stieler p. 395 figs. figs. 8, 9
1982Oxytropidoceras (Benavidesites) karsteni Cooper p. 295
1982Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) karsteni Renz p. 56
2018Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) karsteni El Qot p. 158 figs. 10A-E

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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)
specieskarsteni(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 2004, Kiessling 2003

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

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Colombia Oxytropidoceras karsteni (67477 67480 67481 67482 67483)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Colombia Oxytropidoceras karsteni (67487 67488 67515 67516 67517 67518 67519 67526 67527 67530 67531 67533 67534)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Ecuador Oxytropidoceras karsteni (56769)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Oxytropidoceras karsteni (191706 191715)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Venezuela (Lara) Oxytropidoceras karsteni (87953)