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Oxybeloceras biconstrictum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Oxybeloceras biconstrictum was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 31100, Dry Creek, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Oxybeloceras biconstrictum Anderson p. 202 figs. Plate 31, figure 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyPolyptychoceratinaeMatsumoto 1938
genusOxybeloceras
speciesbiconstrictum

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.

†Oxybeloceras biconstrictum Anderson 1958
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Oxybeloceras biconstrictum (type locality: 158092)