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Texanites (Texanites) pseudotexanum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Mortoniceras pseudotexanum was named by de Grossouvre (1894).

It was recombined as Texanites (Texanites) pseudotexanum by Kennedy and Christensen (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Mortoniceras pseudotexanum de Grossouvre
1991Texanites (Texanites) pseudotexanum Kennedy and Christensen p. 214 figs. Pl 2, figs 3a,b; text-fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusTexanitesSpath 1932
subgenusTexanitesSpath 1932
speciespseudotexanum(de Grossouvre 1894)

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Denmark Texanites pseudotexanum (70059 70060)