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Acanthoceras flexuosum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras flexuosum was named by Crick (1907).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Acanthoceras flexuosum Crick p. 184 figs. Pl 12, fig 1
1936Acanthoceras gortanii Venzo p. 82 figs. Pl 7, fig 5
1975Acanthoceras flexuosum Förster p. 249 figs. Pl 16, fig 2; pl 17, figs 2,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusAcanthoceras
speciesflexuosumCrick 1907

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.

Acanthoceras flexuosum Crick 1907
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Invalid names: Acanthoceras gortanii Venzo 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height726.46.4067.033.020.9
shell diameter757.013.5153.078.047.6
shell inflation713.43.0037.019.011.6

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: Middle Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mozambique Acanthoceras flexuosum (174799 174830)