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Mantelliceras lecontei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras lecontei was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is UCMP 32858, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-3823, One mile SE of Crockett, which is in a Cenomanian marine claystone in the Great Valley Series Formation of California.

It was recombined as Mantelliceras lecontei by Matsumoto (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Acanthoceras lecontei Anderson p. 242 figs. Pl 13, figs 1,1a
1960Mantelliceras lecontei Matsumoto p. 70

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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
subfamilyMantelliceratinaeHyatt 1903
genusMantellicerasHyatt 1903
specieslecontei()

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.

Mantelliceras lecontei Anderson 1958
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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: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Pervinquieria inflata (86820)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Acanthoceras lecontei (224923)