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Shasticrioceras poniente

Cephalopoda - Megacrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Shasticrioceras poniente was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1657, Mitchell Creek area, which is in a Barremian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Shasticrioceras hesperum Anderson p. 204 figs. Plate 56, figures 1, 2; Plate 68, figure 3
1938Shasticrioceras poniente Anderson p. 204 figs. Plate 57, figures 1 - 3; Plate 67, figures 4, 5
1947Shasticrioceras hesperum nipponicum Matsumoto p. 19
1975Shasticrioceras poniente Murphy pp. 41 - 42 figs. Pl. 10, figs. 1, 2, and 6; pl. 11, figs 5, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
superfamilyPtychoceratoideaGill 1871
familyMegacrioceratidaeVermeulen 2006
genusShasticrioceras
speciesponiente

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.

Shasticrioceras poniente Anderson 1938
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Invalid names: Shasticrioceras hesperum Anderson 1938 [synonym]
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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 Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 129.40000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Chile Shasticrioceras poniente (67496)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Chile (CopiapĆ³) Shasticrioceras poniente (223016)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45USA (California) Shasticrioceras poniente (216303 216304 216305 216306 216307) Shasticrioceras poniente, Shasticrioceras hesperum (type locality: 225526 225528)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Canada (British Columbia) Shasticrioceras poniente (88114)