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Watinoceras depressum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Watinoceras depressum was named by Wright and Kennedy (1981). Its type specimen is OUM K10109, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Watinoceras depressum Wright and Kennedy p. 54 figs. Pl. 10, figs 1, 2; Text-fig. 19P

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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
genusWatinocerasWarren 1930
speciesdepressum

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.

Watinoceras depressum Wright and Kennedy 1981
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Wright and W. J. Kennedy 1981Whorl section wider than high; ribs high and sharp, mostly single but some branching two-thirds of the way up the sides; the ribs are distant, 15 on the outer half whorl. Rather large, apparently still septate at a diameter of 50 mm.
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: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Colorado) Watinoceras depressum (230901)