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Ancyloceras elephas

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Ancyloceras elephas was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1657, Mitchell Creek area, which is in a Barremian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Ancyloceras elephas Anderson p. 209 figs. Plate 64, figures 1, 2; plate 66, figure 1
1975Ancyloceras elephas Murphy p. 23 figs. Pl. 9, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
subfamilyAncyloceratinaeGill 1871
genusAncyloceras
specieselephas

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.

†Ancyloceras elephas Anderson 1938
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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 Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4USA (California) Ancyloceras elephas (216303 216304 type locality: 225526) Ancyloceras sp. (216302)