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Anotoceras costatum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Otoceratidae

Taxonomy
Anotoceras costatum was named by Wang and Chen (1979). Its type specimen is NIGP 33932 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maduo Yu I-122-F-1, Maduo County, which is in a Griesbachian/Smithian marine horizon in the Bayankalashan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Anotoceras costatum Wang and Chen p. 19 figs. Pl 2, figs 14-15; text-fig 8a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderOtoceratinaShevyrev and Ermakova 1979
superfamilyOtoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyOtoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusAnotocerasHyatt 1900
speciescostatum

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.

†Anotoceras costatum Wang and Chen 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Smithian or 251.90200 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian - Smithian251.902 - 248.1China (Qinghai) Anotoceras costatum (type locality: 103160)