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Leptechioceras (Neomicroceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae

Taxonomy
Neomicroceras was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Leptechioceras (Neomicroceras) by Howarth (2013).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Leptechioceras by Howarth (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Neomicroceras Sepkoski
2013Leptechioceras (Neomicroceras) Howarth p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyEchioceratidaeBuckman 1913
genusLeptechiocerasBuckman 1923
subgenusNeomicroceras

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 19:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Neomicroceras sp. (219470)