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Prohysteroceras wordiei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Prohysteroceras wordiei was named by Spath (1922). Its type specimen is BMNH C.20086, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 291, edge of 500-feet plateau above Old Lobito, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. richardsoni, P. irregulare

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Subschloenbachia rotunda Spath p. 117
1922Prohysteroceras wordiei Spath p. 143 figs. Pl 3, figs 4-6
1942Prohysteroceras wordiei Haas p. 125 figs. Pl 31, fig 5; pl 33, figs 2,3

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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)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusProhysterocerasSpath 1921
specieswordiei

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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Invalid names: Subschloenbachia rotunda Spath 1922 [synonym]
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: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Nigeria Prohysteroceras wordiei (82766)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Prohysteroceras wordiei (83840 210730 210733 210841 210845 type locality: 210848) Schloenbachia sp. (210888)