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Anagymnotoceras columbianum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Gymnotoceras columbianum was named by McLearn (1946). Its type specimen is GSC 6691 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 10696, Alaska Highway, which is in a Bithynian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Anagymnotoceras columbianum by McLearn (1969), Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Gymnotoceras columbianum McLearn p. 17 figs. Pl 3, fig 7
1969Anagymnotoceras columbianum McLearn p. 23 figs. Pl 3, figs 2a,b
1994Anagymnotoceras columbianum Tozer p. 114 figs. Pl 54, figs 6a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyBeyrichitinae()
genusAnagymnotocerasMcLearn 1946
speciescolumbianum(McLearn 1946)

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height220.9--20.9-
shell diameter243.640.946.543.73.96
shell inflation213.0--13.0-

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Bithynian or 244.99000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Canada (British Columbia) Anagymnotoceras columbianum (137685) Gymnotoceras columbianum (137067)