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Cosmoceras duncani

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites duncani was named by Sowerby (1816).

It was recombined as Cosmoceras duncani by Jeannet (1951).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Ammonites duncani Sowerby
1951Cosmoceras duncani Jeannet p. 154 figs. Pl 26, figs 1,2; text-fig 376

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyKosmoceratidaeHaug 1887
subfamilyKosmoceratinaeHaug 1887
genusCosmocerasWaagen 1869
speciesduncani(Sowerby 1816)

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.

Cosmoceras duncani Sowerby 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height225.118.035.026.512.0
shell diameter263.748.084.566.225.8
shell inflation219.715.525.020.26.72

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: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Cosmoceras duncani (171572 171588 171589)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Cosmoceras duncani (171751)