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Oxybeloceras mortoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoceras mortoni was named by Meek and Hayden (1876).

It was recombined as Oxybeloceras mortoni by Spath (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Ptychoceras mortoni Meek and Hayden p. 412 figs. Pl 20, figs 4a-e
1953Oxybeloceras mortoni Spath p. 18 figs. Pl 2, figs 10a-e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyPolyptychoceratinaeMatsumoto 1938
genusOxybeloceras
speciesmortoni(Meek and Hayden 1876)

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.

†Oxybeloceras mortoni Meek and Hayden 1876
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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: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Oxybeloceras mortoni (166113 166117)