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Sumitomoceras conlini

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tarrantoceras (Sumitomoceras) conlini was named by Wright and Kennedy (1981). Its type specimen is USNM 400803, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sumitomoceras conlini by Cobban (1988), Kirkland (1996), Kennedy et al. (2003); it was recombined as Tarrantoceras conlini by Chang (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Tarrantoceras (Sumitomoceras) conlini Wright and Kennedy p. 39 fig. 16A
1988Sumitomoceras conlini Cobban p. 14 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-15,26-28; text-fig 11
1996Sumitomoceras conlini Kirkland p. 81 figs. pl, 16, Figures D, E
2003Sumitomoceras conlini Kennedy et al. pp. 6 -7 figs. Pl. 2, Figs 11, 12)
2017Tarrantoceras conlini Chang p. 113

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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
genusSumitomoceras
speciesconlini(Wright and Kennedy 1981)

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.

Sumitomoceras conlini Wright and Kennedy 1981
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. I. Kirkland 1996A relatively high-whorled, densely ribbed species.
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Sumitomoceras conlini (167817)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Sumitomoceras conlini (78164 177099)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Sumitomoceras conlini (54165)