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Neocardioceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Neocardioceras was named by Spath (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-u]. Its type is Ammonites juddii.

It was assigned to Acanthoceratidae by Cobban (1988); to Acanthoceratinae by Kennedy et al. (1996) and Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Neocardioceras Spath p. 81
1988Neocardioceras Cobban p. 17
1996Neocardioceras Kennedy et al. p. 15
1996Neocardioceras Wright et al. p. 162
2002Neocardioceras Sepkoski

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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
genusNeocardiocerasSpath 1926

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. †Neocardioceras Spath 1926
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†Neocardioceras juddii Barrois and Guerne 1898
†Neocardioceras minutum Cobban 1988
†Neocardioceras transiens Kennedy et al. 1996
†Neocardioceras uptonense Cobban 1988
†Neocardioceras woodwardi Cobban et al. 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height411.08.6014.011.22.52
shell diameter424.415.733.026.47.86
shell inflation47.515.6010.07.702.22

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 Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) N. sp. (3090 3091 3092 3094 3095 3096)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) N. sp. (167601)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (South Dakota) N. sp. (44281 44286) N. transiens (77738)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) N. laevigatum, N. minutum (167810) N. minutum (177126 177127) N. sp. (177128) N. sp., N. uptonense, N. laevigatum (167809) N. uptonense (177117 177118)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) N. juddii (177131 177132 177133 177134 177135 177136 177137) N. sp., N. juddii (230898) N. woodwardi (229802)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) N. densicostatum (177116) N. juddii (177108 177109 177110) N. laevigatum (177125) N. laevigatum, N. minutum (177124) N. uptonense (177119 177120 177122 177123) N. uptonense, N. laevigatum (177121)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) N. juddii (177111 177112 177113) N. sp. (3331 3332 3333 3687 3689 3690 3691 3692 3693 3694)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) N. juddii (55562 55563 177114 177115) N. minutum (54164 55815 55816) N. sp. (55890)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Montana) N. juddii (177103 177104 177105 177106) N. sp., N. minutum (175372)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) N. juddii (172080)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) N. juddii (177107)