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Rhamphidoceras saxatilis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Rhamphidoceras saxatilis was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1990). Its type specimen is USNM 441165, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Stone Ranch, which is in a Turonian marine limestone in the Chispa Summit Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Rhamphidoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Rhamphidoceras saxatilis Kennedy and Cobban p. 667

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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
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusRhamphidoceras
speciessaxatilis

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.

†Rhamphidoceras saxatilis Kennedy and Cobban 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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) Rhamphidoceras saxatilis (type locality: 4898)