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Venezoliceras acostae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites acostae was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R07526.

It was recombined as Venezoliceras acostae by Young (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites acostae d'Orbigny pp. 99, No. 603
1850Ammonites guaduasensis d'Orbigny pp. 99, No. 604
1966Venezoliceras acostae Young p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusVenezolicerasStieler 1920
speciesacostae()

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.

Venezoliceras acostae d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Ammonites guaduasensis d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available