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Watinoceras coloradoense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras coloradoensis was named by Henderson (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bridge Creek Limestone, Greenhorn Fm, which is in a Turonian marine limestone in the Greenhorn Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Watinoceras (Watinoceras) coloradoense by Cooper (1978); it was recombined as Watinoceras coloradoense by Cobban (1983), Chancellor et al. (1994), Stelck et al. (2002), Gale et al. (2005), Ifrim and Stinnesbeck (2007), Wilmsen and Nagm (2013) and Wilmsen and Nagm (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Acanthoceras coloradoensis Henderson p. 259 figs. pl. 13, figs. 10, 11
1978Watinoceras (Watinoceras) coloradoense Cooper p. 123
1983Watinoceras coloradoense Cobban p. 15
1994Watinoceras coloradoense Chancellor et al. p. 24
2002Watinoceras coloradoense Stelck et al. p. 1791
2005Watinoceras coloradoense Gale et al. p. 172 figs. 5A-D
2007Watinoceras coloradoense Ifrim and Stinnesbeck p. 647
2013Watinoceras coloradoense Wilmsen and Nagm p. 654 figs. 7F, 8B
2014Watinoceras coloradoense Wilmsen and Nagm p. 212 fig. 6b

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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
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusWatinocerasWarren 1930
speciescoloradoense(Henderson 1908)

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.

Watinoceras coloradoense Henderson 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available