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Leconteites sacramenticus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus sacramenticus was named by Anderson (1902). Its type specimen is UCMP 12100, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 152, East branch of Hulen Creek, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California. It is the type species of Puzosigella.

It was recombined as Sonneratia sacramentica by Anderson (1938); it was recombined as Puzosigella sacramentica by Casey (1954); it was recombined as Leconteites sacramenticus by Jones et al. (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Pachydiscus sacramenticus Anderson p. 105 figs. Pl 6, figs 133,134; pl 10, fig 195
1938Sonneratia sacramentica Anderson p. 195 figs. Plate 49, figures 1, 2, 3
1954Puzosigella sacramentica Casey p. 110
1965Leconteites sacramenticus Jones et al. p. F14 figs. Plate 2, fgures 9, 15, 16, 18-20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyUhligellinae
genusLeconteites
speciessacramenticus()

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.

Leconteites sacramenticus Anderson 1902
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Diagnosis
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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: Albian or 113.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) Pachydiscus sacramenticus (type locality: 216096)