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Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni was named by Smith and Tipper (1996). Its type specimen is GSC 9863 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-81712, Rennell Junction (GT3-Fannin Fm), Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., which is in a Pliensbachian marine siltstone/mudstone in the Fannin Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni Smith and Tipper p. 36 figs. Pl 7, fig 1-5; Txt-fig 32d,f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyTropidoceratinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusAcanthopleuroceras
speciesthomsoni

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.

†Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni Smith and Tipper 1996
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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: Whiteavesi or 189.20000 to 186.20000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni (199642 199683)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni (198449 198480 198490 199707)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (Yukon) Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni (208179)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni (type locality: 33141 33157 33232 33241 33243 33245 33246 33252)
Whiteavesi189.2 - 186.2Canada (Yukon) Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni (114590)
Whiteavesi189.2 - 186.2Canada (British Columbia) Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni (32784 32789 32809 33134 33152 33153 33158 33173)