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Vutacuracrioceras groeberi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae

Taxonomy
Paraspiticeras groeberi was named by Aguirre-Urreta (1993). Its type specimen is MLP 17602a, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is La Mala Dormida (Paraspiticeras bituberculatum zone), which is in a Hauterivian marine shale in the Agrio Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Vutacuracrioceras.

It was recombined as Vutacuracrioceras groeberi by Marin et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Paraspiticeras groeberi Aguirre-Urreta p. 58 figs. 6a, 7a
2023Vutacuracrioceras groeberi Marin et al. p. 11 figs. 6A-F, 7A-J, 8A-E, 9A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyCrioceratitidae(Wright 1952)
genusVutacuracrioceras
speciesgroeberi(Aguirre-Urreta 1993)

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.

†Vutacuracrioceras groeberi Aguirre-Urreta 1993
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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 Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Chile (Huasco) Paraspiticeras groeberi (223537 223548 223558 223582)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Argentina (Mendoza) Paraspiticeras groeberi (229570) Vutacuracrioceras groeberi (229547 229569 229571 229649 229650)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Argentina (Neuquén) Vutacuracrioceras groeberi (229549 229550 229551 229552 229553 229554 229556 229557 229558 229559 229561 229565 229566 229567 229568 229651 229652 229664 229668 229671 229673 229676 229677)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Chile (Copiapó) Paraspiticeras groeberi (223421)