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Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras lonsdalei was named by Adkins (1928). Its type specimen is TMM 2410 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Belton-Temple Road, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Waco Lake Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Euomphaloceras lonsdalei by Stephenson (1955) and Wright (1963); it was recombined as Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei by Kennedy and Cobban (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Acanthoceras lonsdalei Adkins p. 244 figs. pl. 26, fig. 5, pl. 27, fig. 3
1955Euomphaloceras lonsdalei Stephenson pp. 62 - 63 figs. Plate 6, figures 6-20
1963Euomphaloceras lonsdalei Wright p. 609 figs. pl. 87, fig. 2; pl. 88, fig. I; pl. 89, fig. 2
1990Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei Kennedy and Cobban pp. 121 - 124 figs. Plate 12, figs. 1-3, 8; text-figs. 20-22

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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
specieslonsdalei()

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: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Acanthoceras lonsdalei (type locality: 230764) Euomphaloceras lonsdalei (2120 2125)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei (13944 13946)