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Metoicoceras bergquisti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metoicoceras bergquisti was named by Cobban (1983). Its type specimen is UMIP 9004, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Metoicoceras bergquisti Cobban pp. 14-15 figs. pl. 8, figs. 1-4

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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
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusMetoicocerasHyatt 1903
speciesbergquisti

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.

†Metoicoceras bergquisti Cobban 1983
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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: base of the Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 93.90000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Jersey) Metoicoceras bergquisti (167811)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Minnesota) Metoicoceras bergquisti (88011 88015)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Minnesota) Metoicoceras swallovi (1987 1989) Metrioceras swallovi (1990)