Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Barroisiceras (Alstadenites) sevierense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Barroisiceras (Alstadenites) sevierense was named by Reeside (1932). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Oak Spring, Sevier Co. [Mancos Shale], which is in a Coniacian marine shale in the Mancos Shale Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. alstadenense, B. bruggeni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Barroisiceras (Alstadenites) sevierense Reeside p. 16 figs. pl. 4, figs. 4-8

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyBarroisiceratinaeBasse 1947
genusBarroisiceras()
subgenusAlstadenites()
speciessevierense

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.

show all | hide all
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: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Texas) Barroisiceras sevierense (type locality: 88539)