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Eucalycoceras diabloense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Calycoceras (Eucalycoceras) diabloense was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 25627.01, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 25627, Curry Canyon, which is in a Cenomanian marine siliciclastic in California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Calycoceras orientale by Matsumoto (1959); it was recombined as Eucalycoceras diabloense by Mertz (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Calycoceras (Eucalycoceras) diabloense Anderson p. 243 figs. Pl 23, figs 4,5
2017Eucalycoceras diabloense Mertz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusEucalycocerasSpath 1923
speciesdiabloense()

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.

†Eucalycoceras diabloense Anderson 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height144.0
shell diameter193.0
shell inflation128.0

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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) Calycoceras diabloense (type locality: 158109)