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Phyllopachyceras occidentale

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Phylloceras occidentale was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1347, Roaring River, which is in a Turonian/Coniacian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Partschiceras occidentale by Murphy (1975); it was recombined as Phyllopachyceras occidentale by Murphy and Rodda (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Phylloceras occidentale Anderson pp. 139 - 140 figs. Plate 12, figures 1, 2
1975Partschiceras occidentale Murphy pp. 15, 16 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 2, 4, and 5; text fig. 7
2006Phyllopachyceras occidentale Murphy and Rodda pp. 59 - 61 figs. Plate 7, Figures 9, 17; Plate 8 Figures 7-9, 12, 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusPhyllopachycerasSpath 1925
speciesoccidentale()

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda 2006A Phyllopachyceras with ribs confined to the flanks in the penultimate whorl, but cross the venter on the body whorl; lirae that cover the entire shell, superimposed on the ribs and cross them at a slight angle on the flank; equant to slightly higher than wide whorl section.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available