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Cuyaniceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Cuyaniceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Neocomitinae by Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Cuyaniceras Wright et al. p. 58
2002Cuyaniceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyNeocomitinaeSalfeld 1921
genusCuyaniceras

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: Berriasian or 145.00000 to 139.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Colombia (Meta) C. transgrediens (191981)
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Chile (Coquimbo) C. transgrediens (221552)