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Metoicoceras latoventer

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metoicoceras latoventer was named by Stephenson (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Metoicoceras latoventer Stephenson
1991Metoicoceras latoventer Cobban and Kennedy p. B9 figs. Pl 5, figs 18,19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusMetoicocerasHyatt 1903
specieslatoventerStephenson 1953

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.

†Metoicoceras latoventer Stephenson 1953
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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: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Metoicoceras latoventer (6595)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Metoicoceras latoventer (167815)