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Paravascoceras tectiforme

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Paravascoceras costatum tectiforme was named by Barber (1957). Its type specimen is BMNH C.47724, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Paravascoceras tectiforme by Meister (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Paravascoceras costatum tectiforme Barber p. 37 figs. Pl 14, fig 4; pl 15, figs 1,3; pl 16, fig 2; pl 32, figs 4-7
1989Paravascoceras tectiforme Meister p. 21 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,2; pl 8, figs 1-5; text-fig 20

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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)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusParavascocerasChoffat 1898
speciestectiforme()

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.

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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: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Nigeria Paravascoceras tectiforme (175537)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Paravascoceras tectiforme (83008 83009 83025 175522 type locality: 210099 210109)