Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pseudaspidoceras paganum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudaspidoceras paganum was named by Reyment (1954) [DISTRIBUTION: Turonian; Western Africa.]. Its type specimen is BMNH C.47422, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pindiga, Bauchi Province, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in Nigeria.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudaspidoceras footeanum by Chancellor (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Pseudaspidoceras paganum Reyment p. 253 figs. Pl , fig 1; text-figs 3h,4
1957Pseudaspidoceras paganum Barber p. 9 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; pl 25, figs 5-7
1989Pseudaspidoceras paganum Meister p. 6 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 3
2003Pseudaspidoceras paganum Meister et al. p. 344 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 2, fig 1; pl 3, fig 2

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusPseudaspidoceras
speciespaganum

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.

Pseudaspidoceras paganum Reyment 1954
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available