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Corongoceras cordobai

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae

Taxonomy
Corongoceras cordobai was named by Verma and Westermann (1973). Its type specimen is McM J 1517/42, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 25 (McM-J1517), La Leona, Sierra Catorce, which is in a Tithonian carbonate limestone in the La Caja Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Corongoceras cordobai Verma and Westermann p. 248 figs. Pl 52, figs 4,5; pl 53, figs 2-5; pl 54, fig 1; text-fig 28B
1989Corongoceras cordobai Myczynski p. 105 figs. Pl 11, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyHimalayitidaeSpath 1925
genusCorongoceras
speciescordobai

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.

Corongoceras cordobai Verma and Westermann 1973
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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 Tithonian or 145.06000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Cuba Corongoceras cordobai (57199)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina Corongoceras cordobai (236438)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Mexico Corongoceras cordobai (197727 197729 197734 197735 197747 type locality: 197968)