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Spiroxybeloceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Spiroxybeloceras was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1999). Its type is Ptychoceras meekanum.

It was assigned to Polyptychoceratinae by Kennedy et al. (2000); and to Ammonoidea by Jagt and Neumann (2006).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Spiroxybeloceras Kennedy and Cobban
2000Spiroxybeloceras Kennedy et al. p. 69
2006Spiroxybeloceras Jagt and Neumann p. 572

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyPolyptychoceratinaeMatsumoto 1938
genusSpiroxybelocerasKennedy and Cobban 1999

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.

G. †Spiroxybeloceras Kennedy and Cobban 1999
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Spiroxybeloceras meekanum Whitfield 1877
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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) S. grande (31993)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) S. meekanum (88474)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Oxybeloceras meekanum (83133)