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Eucalycoceras pentagonum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites pentagonus was named by Jukes-Browne (1896) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Cosmopolitan.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Eucalycoceras.

It was recombined as Eucalycoceras pentagonus by Kennedy (1994); it was recombined as Eucalycoceras pentagonum by Cobban (1988), Wright et al. (1996), Kennedy et al. (1996) and Guendouz et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Ammonites pentagonus Jukes-Browne p. 156 figs. pl. 5, fig. 1
1988Eucalycoceras pentagonum Cobban p. 9 figs. Pl 3; text-figs 6,7
1994Eucalycoceras pentagonus Kennedy p. 229
1996Eucalycoceras pentagonum Kennedy et al. p. 316 figs. Pl 39, figs 6,7; pl 40, figs 1,2,4
1996Eucalycoceras pentagonum Wright et al. p. 164 fig. 123,2a,b.
2022Eucalycoceras pentagonum Guendouz et al. p. 2165 fig. 4e

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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
genusEucalycocerasSpath 1923
speciespentagonum(Jukes-Browne 1896)

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.

Eucalycoceras pentagonum Jukes-Browne 1896
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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: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India Eucalycoceras pentagonum (217150 217151 217154 217158 217160 217161)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Eucalycoceras pentagonum (230800)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (South Dakota) Eucalycoceras pentagonum (177086)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) Eucalycoceras pentagonum (177087)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria Eucalycoceras pentagonum (227880 227881)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Eucalycoceras pentagonum (78164 176980)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Eucalycoceras pentagonum (54164 55436 55815 55816)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Eucalycoceras pentagonum (4064 82844)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Eucalycoceras pentagonum (140839)