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Ammonicera benhami

Gastropoda - Omalogyridae

Taxonomy
Ammonicera benhami was named by Squires and Goedert (1996). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11368, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 1563, Larch Mountain area, Black Hills, which is in a Ypresian sand shoal mudstone in the Crescent Formation of Washington.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. rota

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Ammonicera benhami Squires and Goedert p. 233 figs. Figs. 27-32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
superorderHeterobranchiaGray 1840
superfamilyOmalogyroideaSars 1878
familyOmalogyridaeSars 1878
genusAmmoniceraVayssière 1893
speciesbenhami

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.

†Ammonicera benhami Squires and Goedert 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:30:48
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:30:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Ammonicera benhami (type locality: 176361)