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Rhaeboceras burkholderi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Rhaeboceras burkholderi was named by Cobban (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 413047, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic D5663, east of Mosby, which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Bearpaw Shale Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Rhaeboceras burkholderi Cobban p. 12 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-4,7,8; text-fig 6
1998Rhaeboceras burkholderi Grier and Grier p. 473 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusRhaebocerasMeek 1876
speciesburkholderi

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.

Rhaeboceras burkholderi Cobban 1987
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Rhaeboceras burkholderi (type locality: 177980)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Rhaeboceras burkholderi (178356)