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Paracenoceras speciosum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Paracenoceras speciosum was named by Tinant (1987). Its type specimen is VD 82/484, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. dorsoexcavatum, P. franconicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Paracenoceras speciosum Tinant p. 95 figs. Pl 7, fig 4; text-fig 17
2004Paracenoceras speciosum Branger figs. Pl 3, figs 4,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyParacenoceratidaeSpath 1927
genusParacenocerasSpath 1927
speciesspeciosum

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.

†Paracenoceras speciosum Tinant 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) Paracenoceras speciosum (175854)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Deux-Sèvres) Paracenoceras speciosum (167340)