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Microsulcatoceras texanum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Microsulcatoceras texanum was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1990). Its type specimen is USNM 423739, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rogers Farm, stream southwest of Britton, which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in the Britton Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Microsulcatoceras texanum Kennedy and Cobban p. 402 figs. Pl 4, figs 59-64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusMicrosulcatoceras
speciestexanum

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 texanum 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 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Microsulcatoceras texanum (type locality: 175430)