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Metengonoceras acutum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metengonoceras acutum was named by Hyatt (1903). It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Metengonoceras acutum Hyatt p. 184 figs. pl. 26, fig. 8; pl. 27, figs. 1-2
1987Metengonoceras acutum Cobban p. C3 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2,7; pl 2, figs 4-8; pl 3, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyEngonoceratidae
genusMetengonoceras
speciesacutum

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.

†Metengonoceras acutum Hyatt 1903
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Metengonoceras acutum (175717 175718)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Metengonoceras acutum (175721)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Minnesota) Metengonoceras acutum (175723)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Iowa) Metengonoceras dumbli (88009)