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Texanites (Texanites) texanus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites texanus was named by Roemer (1852). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mortoniceras texanum by Lombard (1930); it was recombined as Texanites (Texanites) texanus by Kennedy and Cobban (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Ammonites texanus Roemer p. 31 figs. pl. 3, fig. 1
1930Mortoniceras texanum Lombard p. 300
1993Texanites (Texanites) texanus Kennedy and Cobban p. 836

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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
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusTexanitesSpath 1932
subgenusTexanitesSpath 1932
speciestexanus(Roemer 1852)

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 Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Mortoniceras texanum (239869)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Texanites texanus (92241)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Gabon Mortoniceras texanum (209612)