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Mantelliceras budaense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mantelliceras budaense was named by Adkins (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bear Creek, half mile west of Manchac, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in the Buda Limestone Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Mantelliceras budaense Adkins p. 41 figs. pl. 2, fig. 3; pi. 4, fig. 10

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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
speciesbudaense

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 budaense Adkins 1931
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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: Middle Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Mantelliceras budaense (type locality: 230846)