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Penaceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae

Taxonomy
Penaceras was named by Cantú-Chapa (1963).

It was assigned to Acanthoplitinae by Barragán and Maurrasse (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Penaceras Cantú-Chapa
2008Penaceras Barragán and Maurrasse p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAcanthohoplitoidea
familyAcanthohoplitidae
subfamilyAcanthohoplitinae
genusPenacerasCantú-Chapa 1963

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.

G. †Penaceras Cantú-Chapa 1963
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Penaceras rursiradiatus Humphrey 1949
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 Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico P. rursiradiatus (87926)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) P. stoyanovi (89546)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Mexico (Nuevo Leon) P. rursiradiatus (87908)