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Vascoceras amieirense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Vascoceras amieirensis was named by Choffat (1898). Its type specimen is SGP 825, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Vascoceras amieirense by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Vascoceras amieirensis Choffat p. 61 figs. pI. 12, figs. 1-2; pI. 13, figs. 1-2; pI. 21, figs. 17-21.
1933Vascoceras ameirense Moran and Fyfe
1948Vascoceras ameirensi Kummel p. 1245
2010Vascoceras amieirense Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 216 figs. Pl 4, figs D,E

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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
speciesamieirense()

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 amieirense Choffat 1898
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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 Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Peru Vascoceras amieirense (200811)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Vascoceras amieirense (186914)