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Plesiacanthoceratoides alzadense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Protacanthoceras alzadense was named by Cobban (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 388198 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 22871, Alzada, which is in a Cenomanian marine shale in the Belle Fourche Shale Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Plesiacanthoceratoides alzadense by Kennedy and Cobban (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Protacanthoceras alzadense Cobban pp. 22 - 23 figs. Plate 10, figures 29-47; text figure 18
1990Plesiacanthoceratoides alzadense Kennedy and Cobban p. 383

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusPlesiacanthoceratoidesKennedy 1990
speciesalzadense()

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.

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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 Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Montana) Protacanthoceras alzadense, Plesiacanthoceratoides alzadense (type locality: 175422)