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Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) colcanapi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Oxytropidoceras colcanapi was named by Collignon (1936).

It was synonymized subjectively with Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) buarquianum by Cooper (1982); it was recombined as Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) colcanapi by Kennedy and Klinger (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Oxytropidoceras colcanapi Collignon p. 182 figs. Pl 18 fig 7; text-fig 12k
2011Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) colcanapi Kennedy and Klinger p. 77 figs. 1K,L, 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusOxytropidoceras()
subgenusMirapelia
speciescolcanapi(Collignon 1936)

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: Middle Albian or 109.00000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Madagascar Oxytropidoceras colcanapi (98218)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Madagascar (Mahajanga) Oxytropidoceras colcanapi (86503)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3South Africa Oxytropidoceras colcanapi (177368)