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Bostrychoceras trabucoense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Bostrychoceras trabucoense was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT loc. 85, "Trabuco Creek", which is in a Santonian coastal sandstone in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Bostrychoceras trabucoense Anderson p. 206 figs. Plate 52, figures 8, 8a, 8b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusBostrychoceras
speciestrabucoense

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.

†Bostrychoceras trabucoense Anderson 1958
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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 Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Bostrychoceras trabucoense (type locality: 86815)