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Eucalycoceras barcusi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras barcusi was named by Jones (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is J68. Hill 0.4 miles southeast from mouth of Indidura Cañón, Sierra de Santa Ana, which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone/shale in the Indidura Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Eucalycoceras barcusi by Stephenson (1955); it was recombined as Paraconlinoceras barcusi by Kennedy and Cobban (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Acanthoceras barcusi Jones p. 117 figs. pl. 6, figs. 2, 3, 8, 9
1955Eucalycoceras barcusi Stephenson p. 54
1990Paraconlinoceras barcusi Kennedy and Cobban p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusEucalycocerasSpath 1923
speciesbarcusi()

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.

Eucalycoceras barcusi Jones 1938
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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 (Texas) Acanthoceras barcusi (6508)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico Acanthoceras barcusi (type locality: 230856)