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Worthoceras vermiculum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites vermiculus was named by Shumard (1860). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Worthoceras vermiculus by Kennedy et al. (1987); it was recombined as Worthoceras vermiculum by Clark (1965) and Wilmsen and Nagm (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. rochatianum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Scaphites vermiculus Shumard p. 594
1965Worthoceras vermiculum Clark p. 62
1987Worthoceras vermiculus Kennedy et al. p. 64
2014Worthoceras vermiculum Wilmsen and Nagm p. 233

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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
subfamilyOtoscaphitinaeWright 1953
genusWorthocerasAdkins 1928
speciesvermiculum(Shumard 1860)

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.

†Worthoceras vermiculum Shumard 1860
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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 Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India (Tamil Nadu) Worthoceras vermiculum (46502)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8USA (Texas) Worthoceras vermiculus (234310)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) Worthoceras vermiculus (175425 229802)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Worthoceras vermiculus (53495 54154 55564)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) Worthoceras vermiculum (172076)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) Worthoceras vermiculus (80991)