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Vascoceras globosum plenum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pachyvascoceras proprium plenum was named by Reyment (1954). Its type specimen is BMNH C.47297, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Vascoceras globosum plenum by Barber (1957).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. adunense, V. mohovanense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Pachyvascoceras proprium plenum Reyment p. 258 figs. Pl 5, fig 5; text-figs 3c,6
1957Vascoceras globosum plenum Barber p. 23 figs. Pl 7, fig 2; pl 9, fig 2; pl 28, figs 3-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusVascocerasChoffat 1898
speciesglobosum()
subspeciesplenum()

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.

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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: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Vascoceras globosum (210137)