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Kamerunoceras seitzi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Prionotropis seitzi was named by Riedel (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mungo River, profil I, bed 2e, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Kamerunoceras eschii by Reyment (1954); it was recombined as Kamerunoceras seitzi by Reyment (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Prionotropis seitzi Riedel p. 140 figs. PI. 30, figs. 7- 7b; pI. 33, fig. 22
1958Kamerunoceras seitzi Reyment p. 56

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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
speciesseitzi()

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 seitzi Riedel 1933
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Middle Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon Prionotropis seitzi (type locality: 3814)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Kamerunoceras seitzi (140889)