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Blanfordiceras acuticosta

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Hoplites (Blanfordia) acuticosta was named by Uhlig (1910).

It was recombined as Blanfordiceras acuticosta by Helmstaedt (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Hoplites (Blanfordia) acuticosta Uhlig p. 201 figs. Pl 37, fig 2
1969Blanfordiceras acuticosta Helmstaedt p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyBerriasellinae(Spath 1922)
genusBlanfordicerasCossman 1907
speciesacuticosta(Uhlig 1910)

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 height226.925.029.027.02.83
shell diameter272.766.080.073.09.90
shell inflation226.424.029.026.53.54

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 Tithonian or 145.06000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Nepal Blanfordiceras acuticosta (142312)