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Protancyloceras gracile

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Protancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Ancyloceras gracile was named by Oppel (1865). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Protancyloceras gracile by Myczynski (1989) and Klein et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ancyloceras gracile Oppel p. 547
1989Protancyloceras gracile Myczynski p. 109 figs. Pl 4, fig 9; pl 12, fig 3d
2007Protancyloceras gracile Klein et al. p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyProtancyloceratoideaBreistroffer 1947
familyProtancyloceratidaeBreistroffer 1947
genusProtancylocerasSpath 1924
speciesgracile(Oppel 1865)

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: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Cuba Protancyloceras gracile (57717 57727)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Iraq (Zakho) Protancyloceras gracile (192420)