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Sphaeroceras vcostatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeroceras vcostatum was named by Burckhardt (1927) [Originally "v-costatum"]. It is not extant. Its type locality is Arroyo El Rincon, El Cuahulote - Tecojcoyunca Rd, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian marine horizon in the Yucunuti Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Bullatimorphites (Kheraiceras) vcostatum by Riccardi et al. (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Sphaeroceras vcostatum Burckhardt p. 35 figs. Lám XV, fig. 5-8
1989Bullatimorphites (Kheraiceras) vcostatum Riccardi et al. p. 569

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
genusSphaeroceras
speciesvcostatum

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.

Sphaeroceras vcostatum Burckhardt 1927
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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: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Middle Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Mexico (Guerrero) Sphaeroceras vcostatum (type locality: 233959)