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Kamerunoceras andinum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Kamerunoceras (Schindewolfites) andinum was named by Renz (1982). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Assemblage 2, Los Mamones [Chejendé Mbr, La Luna Fm], which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in the La Luna Formation of Venezuela.

It was recombined as Kamerunoceras andinum by Ifrim et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Kamerunoceras (Schindewolfites) andinum Renz p. 98 figs. pl. 29, fig. 19a-b, text-fig. 74a
2018Kamerunoceras andinum Ifrim et al. p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusKamerunoceras
speciesandinum()

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.

Kamerunoceras andinum Renz 1982
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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: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Venezuela (Trujillo) Kamerunoceras andinum (type locality: 88076)