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Microsulcatoceras puzosiiforme

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Microsulcatoceras puzosiiforme was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1990). Its type specimen is USNM 423734, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 23062, Five Mile Creek, which is in a Cenomanian marine shale in the Greenhorn Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Microsulcatoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Microsulcatoceras puzosiiforme Kennedy and Cobban p. 401 figs. Pl 4, figs 49-52,65-70

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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
genusMicrosulcatoceras
speciespuzosiiforme

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.

Microsulcatoceras puzosiiforme Kennedy and Cobban 1990
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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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Montana) Microsulcatoceras puzosiiforme (type locality: 175421)