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Romaniceras (Shuparoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Shuparoceras was named by Matsumoto (1975).

It was reranked as Romaniceras (Shuparoceras) by Wright et al. (1996).

It was assigned to Euomphaloceratinae by Cooper (1978), Wright and Kennedy (1981) and Wright (1983); and to Romaniceras by Wright et al. (1996).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Shuparoceras Matsumoto
1978Shuparoceras Cooper p. 103
1981Shuparoceras Wright and Kennedy
1983Shuparoceras Wright
1996Romaniceras (Shuparoceras) Wright et al. p. 171

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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
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusRomanicerasSpath 1923
subgenusShuparoceras(Matsumoto 1975)

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.

Subg. †Romaniceras (Shuparoceras) Matsumoto 1975
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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: Middle Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) Shuparoceras sp. (178811)