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Substeueroceras catorcense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Substeueroceras catorcense was named by Verma and Westermann (1973). Its type specimen is McM J 1510/4, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 31 (McM-J1510), Cineguita, Sierra Catorce, which is in a Tithonian carbonate limestone in the La Caja Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. striolatissimum, S. striolatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Substeueroceras catorcense Verma and Westermann p. 237 figs. Pl 49, figs 3,4; pl 50, figs 1,2; text-fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyBerriasellinae(Spath 1922)
genusSubsteuerocerasSpath 1922
speciescatorcense

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.

†Substeueroceras catorcense Verma and Westermann 1973
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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 Tithonian or 145.06000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Mexico Substeueroceras catorcense (197735 197737 197741 197742 197744 197745 197746 197750 197751 197753 197754 197755 197756 197757 197761 197968 type locality: 197969 197970)