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Borissjakoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Binneyitidae

Taxonomy
Borissiakoceras was named by Arkhangel'skii (1916) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u K Turo-l].

It was corrected as Borissjakoceras by Morrow (1935), Bohach and Frampton (2015).

It was assigned to Cephalopoda by Morrow (1935); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Binneyitidae by Cooper and Kennedy (1979), Kennedy and Cobban (1990), Bohach and Frampton (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Borissiakoceras Arkhangel'skii
1935Borissjakoceras Morrow
1979Borissiakoceras Cooper and Kennedy p. 296
1990Borissiakoceras Kennedy and Cobban p. 385
2002Borissiakoceras Sepkoski
2015Borissjakoceras Bohach and Frampton p. 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyBinneyitidaeReeside 1927
genusBorissjakoceras(Arkhangel'skii 1916)

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.

G. †Borissjakoceras Arkhangel'skii 1916
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Borissiakoceras ashurkoffae Cobban and Gryc 1961
Borissiakoceras inconstans Cobban and Gryc 1961
Borissiakoceras orbiculatum Stephenson 1955
Borissiakoceras reymenti Brunnschweiler 1959
Borissjakoceras rosenkrantzi Birkelund 1965
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. L. Bohach and E. K. Frampton 2015Borissjakoceras is a small, compressed ammonite with flat flanks. Like other members of the Binneyitidae, it has a nacreous shell with metallic lustre, weak ornamentation, and simple sutures with bifid to trifid lobes and a second lateral saddle that projects beyond the first lateral saddle (Wright et al. 1996).
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Coniacian or 106.30000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Borissiakoceras reymenti (232171)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Falciferella reymenti (190201)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Borissiakoceras sp. (3095)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Borissiakoceras compressum (230801)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Borissiakoceras orbiculatum (2120)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandie) Borissiakoceras mirabile (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Borissiakoceras sp. (88566)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Montana) Borissiakoceras sp. (175421 175423)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (South Dakota) Borissiakoceras sp. (44286)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Borissiakoceras sp. (44164)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Wyoming) Borissiakoceras orbiculatum (167809 167810) Borissiakoceras sp. (175371 175424)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Borissiakoceras orbiculatum (54165)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) Borissiakoceras sp. (13944)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) B. orbiculatum (200670 200671)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) B. compressum (200669)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Wyoming) Borissiakoceras orbiculatum (177081) Borissiakoceras reesidei (231776 231777)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Montana) Borissiakoceras orbiculatum (175422)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Alaska) Borissiakoceras ashurkoffae (226969 226971 226972 226973 226974 226975 226976 226977) Borissiakoceras inconstans (226970)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Russian Federation Borissiakoceras inconstans (215821)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Santonian93.9 - 83.6Greenland B. rosenkrantzi (70188)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Greenland Borissiakoceras rosenkrantzi (70190) B. rosenkrantzi (70193 70195)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Australia (Victoria) Borissiakoceras sp. (90700)