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Acanthoceras rhotomagense
Taxonomy
Ammonites rhotomagensis was named by Brongniart (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Cosmopolitan.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Acanthoceras, Metacanthoplites.
It was recombined as Metacanthoplites rhotomagensis by Hyatt (1900); it was recombined as Acanthoceras rhotomagensis by Kennedy (1994); it was misspelled as Acanthoceras rotomagense by Taubenhaus (1920); it was recombined as Acanthoceras rhotomagense by Neumayr (1875), Förster (1975), Zaborski (1990), Matsumoto and Skwarko (1991), Matsumoto and Skwarko (1993), Barroso-Barcenilla (2004), Mosavinia and Wilmsen (2011) and Gale et al. (2018).
It was recombined as Metacanthoplites rhotomagensis by Hyatt (1900); it was recombined as Acanthoceras rhotomagensis by Kennedy (1994); it was misspelled as Acanthoceras rotomagense by Taubenhaus (1920); it was recombined as Acanthoceras rhotomagense by Neumayr (1875), Förster (1975), Zaborski (1990), Matsumoto and Skwarko (1991), Matsumoto and Skwarko (1993), Barroso-Barcenilla (2004), Mosavinia and Wilmsen (2011) and Gale et al. (2018).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1822 | Ammonites rhotomagensis Brongniart |
| 1850 | Ammonites cenomanensis d'Orbigny p. 146 |
| 1867 | Ammonites rothomagensis Etheridge p. 69 |
| 1875 | Acanthoceras rhotomagense Neumayr |
| 1897 | Acanthoceras cenomanense Kossmat p. 19 |
| 1900 | Metacanthoplites rhotomagensis Hyatt p. 589 |
| 1920 | Acanthoceras rotomagense Taubenhaus |
| 1972 | Acanthoceras (Pseudacanthoceras) praecursor Thomel |
| 1975 | Acanthoceras rhotomagense Förster p. 248 figs. Pl 16, figs 3,4 |
| 1990 | Acanthoceras rhotomagense Zaborski p. 570 |
| 1991 | Acanthoceras rhotomagense Matsumoto and Skwarko p. 257 figs. Pl 5, figs 1,4,6 |
| 1993 | Acanthoceras rhotomagense Matsumoto and Skwarko p. 421 figs. 11, 18B-D |
| 1994 | Acanthoceras rhotomagensis Kennedy p. 225 |
| 2004 | Acanthoceras rhotomagense Barroso-Barcenilla p. 88 figs. Pl 1, fig 1 |
| 2011 | Acanthoceras rhotomagense Mosavinia and Wilmsen p. 184 figs. 5A-C |
| 2018 | Acanthoceras rhotomagense Gale et al. p. 114 fig. 11 |
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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.
†Acanthoceras rhotomagense Brongniart 1822
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Invalid names: Acanthoceras (Pseudacanthoceras) praecursor Thomel 1972 [synonym], Ammonites cenomanensis d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
†Acanthoceras rhotomagense sussexiense Mantell 1822
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 8 | 27.8 | 16.0 | 48.0 | 27.0 | 11.4 | |
| shell diameter | 8 | 59.8 | 33.0 | 113.0 | 56.5 | 27.5 | |
| shell inflation | 8 | 15.9 | 8.00 | 32.0 | 16.5 | 7.77 |
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (47 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cenomanian | United Kingdom | Ammonites sussexiensis (153949) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (California) | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (44210) | |
| Cenomanian | France (Normandie) | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (230797) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (82814) Ammonites rothomagensis (49496) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Normandie) | Acanthoceras rhotomagense, Acanthoceras sussexiense (230776) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | Denmark | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (69975) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (82899) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | France | Acanthoceras sussexiense (59793) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | France | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (82843) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | India (Tamil Nadu) | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (207139) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Iran | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (174335 174336) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Germany (Westphalia) | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (4067) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Papua New Guinea | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (174850 177070) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | France (Normandy) | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (4025) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | United Kingdom | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (193272) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Spain | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (186985) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Nigeria | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (69627) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Tunisia (Sidi Bou Zid) | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (217162) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Mozambique | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (174799 174830) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Germany | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (12402 12403 12404 12405 12406 12407 12408 12409 12410 12460 12461 12462 12463 12464 12465 12485 12486 12576 12577) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Acanthoceras rhotomagense (78588 78591 78592 78593 210338) |