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Neancyloceras bipunctatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ancyloceras bipunctatus was named by Schlüter (1872) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian-Maastrichtian; Europe; central Asia.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Neancyloceras.

It was recombined as Neancyloceras bipunctatum by Kennedy (1986), Kennedy (1993), Kennedy and Summesberger (1999) and Kennedy and Summesberger (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Ancyloceras bipunctatus Schlüter p. 98 figs. pl. 29, figs. 1-3
1986Neancyloceras bipunctatum Kennedy p. 104 figs. Pl 16, fig 5
1993Neancyloceras bipunctatum Kennedy p. 107
1999Neancyloceras bipunctatum Kennedy and Summesberger p. 27 figs. Pl 2, fig 6
2001Neancyloceras bipunctatum Kennedy and Summesberger p. 89 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-3

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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
subfamilyDiplomoceratinaeSpath 1926
genusNeancylocerasSpath 1926
speciesbipunctatum(Schlüter 1872)

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.

Neancyloceras bipunctatum Schlüter 1872
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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: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Neancyloceras bipunctatum (165852)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Neancyloceras bipunctatum (83055)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Austria Neancyloceras bipunctatum (48008 165601)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Neancyloceras bipunctatum (64215)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium Neancyloceras bipunctatum (82892)