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Pseudoxybeloceras petrolense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Oxybeloceras petrolense was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 31364, Petroleum Creek, Rumsey Hills, which is in a Campanian marine conglomerate in California.

It was recombined as Pseudoxybeloceras petrolense by Matsumoto (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. bistriatum, P. quadrinodosum, P. wirneckei, P. matsumotoi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Oxybeloceras petrolense Anderson p. 203 figs. Plate 56, figure 12
1959Pseudoxybeloceras petrolense Matsumoto p. 162

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyPolyptychoceratinaeMatsumoto 1938
genusPseudoxybelocerasWright and Matsumoto 1954
speciespetrolense()

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: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Oxybeloceras petrolense (44233 44236)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Oxybeloceras petrolense (type locality: 224992)