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Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) argonauticum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Beudanticeras argonauticum was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 1346.01, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 1346, Ono, which is in an Albian marine siliciclastic in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) argonauticum by Murphy and Rodda (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. austeni, D. eozanum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Beudanticeras argonauticum Anderson p. 213 figs. Pl 9, figs 1,2
1960Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) argonauticum Murphy and Rodda p. 854 figs. Pl. 106, figs. 15,17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyDesmoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusDesmocerasZittel 1884
subgenusPseudouhligella(Matsumoto 1938)
speciesargonauticum()

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
partNmean
shell height135.0
shell diameter171.0
shell inflation111.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (California) Beudanticeras argonauticum (type locality: 86818) Desmoceras argonauticum (1784)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) Desmoceras argonauticum (1786 1787 1788 1789)