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Pedioceras asymmetricum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Pedioceras asymmetricum was named by Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker (1997). Its type specimen is RGM 352 537, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monastery 'Santo Ecco Homo', Villa de Leiva, Boyaca, which is in a Barremian marine horizon in Colombia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. anthulai, P. caquesensis, P. undulatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Pedioceras asymmetricum Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker p. 64 figs. Pl 5, figs 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
genusPediocerasGerhardt 1897
speciesasymmetricum

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.

†Pedioceras asymmetricum Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker 1997
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Colombia Pedioceras asymmetricum (type locality: 69058)