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Acanthoceras sarthacense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras sarthacense was named by Wright and Kennedy (1990). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Butte quarry, Le Mans (Sables et Grès du Mans), which is in a Cenomanian coastal claystone in the Le Mans Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. quadratum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Acanthoceras sarthacense Wright and Kennedy

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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
genusAcanthoceras
speciessarthacense

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 sarthacense Wright and Kennedy 1990
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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: Middle Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Pays de la Loire region) Acanthoceras sarthacense (type locality: 233958)