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Placenticeras benningi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Taxonomy
Placenticeras benningi was named by Stephenson (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 125049, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Placenticeras benningi Stephenson p. 247 figs. Pl 44, figs 21,22; pl 45, figs 7-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyPlacenticeratidae
genusPlacenticerasMeek 1876
speciesbenningi

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.

Placenticeras benningi Stephenson 1956
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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: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Placenticeras benningi (80889)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Placenticeras benningi (5163)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Placenticeras benningi (5159 5161 5189)