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Protacanthoceras bunburianus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites bunburianum was named by Sharpe (1853). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Protacanthoceras bunburianum by Renz (1982); it was recombined as Protacanthoceras bunburianus by Wright et al. (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Ammonites bunburianum Sharpe
1982Protacanthoceras bunburianum Renz p. 70
1996Protacanthoceras bunburianus Wright et al. p. 158

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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)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusProtacanthocerasSpath 1923
speciesbunburianus(Sharpe 1853)

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Venezuela (Lara) Protacanthoceras bunburianum (87995)