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Cunningtoniceras arizonense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cunningtoniceras arizonense was named by Kirkland and Cobban (1986) [= 1963 Mammites nodosoides (Schlotheim); Miller and Breed, p. 127, 128, Fig. 1. = 1982 Plesiacanthoceras wyomingense (Reagan); Kirkland, p. 548.]. Its type specimen is MNA N3322 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MNA loc. 539 (UCM loc. 84119), East of Coyote Creek, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Dakota Sandstone Formation of Arizona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Cunningtoniceras arizonense Kirkland and Cobban pp. 3 - 9 figs. 1-3, plates 1-8
2019Cunningtoniceras arizonense Sealey and Lucas p. 162 figs. 46C,D, 47

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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
genusCunningtoniceras
speciesarizonense

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.

Cunningtoniceras arizonense Kirkland and Cobban 1986
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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 Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Cunningtoniceras arizonense (type locality: 229683 229684)