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Prohysteroceras decipiens

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Prohysteroceras decipiens was named by Spath (1922). Its type specimen is BMNH C.20050, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 1, Shore at Old Lobito, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Prohysteroceras decipiens Spath p. 145 figs. Pl 4, figs 13a-c
1942Prohysteroceras decipiens Haas p. 128 figs. Pl 31, fig 8; pl 32, fig 2; pl 34, fig 1; pl 35, fig 11; text-figs 14a-d

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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
speciesdecipiens

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Prohysteroceras decipiens (83840 type locality: 210811)