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Proniceras maupinense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae

Taxonomy
Proniceras maupinense was named by Imlay and Jones (1970). Its type specimen is USNM 161186 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic loc. 29589, Maupin Flat, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. toucasi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Proniceras maupinense Imlay and Jones p. B32 figs. Plate 3, figures 8, 11-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderOlcostephaninaHaug 1910
superfamilyOlcostephanoidea(Haug 1910)
familyOlcostephanidaeHaug 1910
subfamilySpiticeratinaeSpath 1924
genusProniceras
speciesmaupinense

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.

†Proniceras maupinense Imlay and Jones 1970
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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 Tithonian or 145.06000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1USA (California) Proniceras maupinense (224796 type locality: 225867)