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Stenzeloceras sinuosum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Stenzeloceras sinuosum was named by Whetstone and Teichert (1978). Its type specimen is KU 135677, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montgomery County (W1/2 sec. 23), which is in a Campanian carbonate marl in the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama. It is the type species of Stenzeloceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Stenzeloceras sinuosum Whetstone and Teichert p. 442 figs. 2, 3B

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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)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusStenzeloceras
speciessinuosum

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.

†Stenzeloceras sinuosum Whetstone and Teichert 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height191.0
shell diameter1145.0
shell inflation10.001

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Stenzeloceras sinuosum (type locality: 171351 171352)