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Takahashiceras eureka

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Takahashia eureka was named by Matsumoto (1984). Its type specimen is GK.H5567, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ik1101, Katsurazawa pit, Ikushumbets river, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Mikasa Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Takahashia, Takahashiceras.

It was recombined as Takahashiceras eureka by Hoffmann and Howarth (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Takahashia eureka Matsumoto p. 33 fig. 1
2015Takahashiceras eureka Hoffmann and Howarth p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
genusTakahashiceras
specieseureka()

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.

Takahashiceras eureka Matsumoto 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height178.0
shell diameter1145.0
shell inflation125.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan Takahashia eureka (type locality: 166257)