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Vascoceras charoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Vascoceras charoni was named by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010). Its type specimen is UCM MS-3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tamajón (Vascoceras gamai subzone), which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in Spain.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. adunense, V. mohovanense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Vascoceras charoni Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 209 figs. Pl 2, figs A-F; text-fig 5B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusVascocerasChoffat 1898
speciescharoni

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.

†Vascoceras charoni Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy 2010
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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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain Vascoceras charoni (type locality: 186926)