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Parodontoceras reedi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae

Taxonomy
Aulacosphinctes reedi was named by Anderson (1945). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic loc. M2253, Watson Creek, which is in a Tithonian marine sandstone in California.

It was recombined as Parodontoceras reedi by Imlay and Jones (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Aulacosphinctes watsonensis Anderson figs. Plate 11, Fig. 6
1945Aulacosphinctes reedi Anderson pp. 978 - 979 figs. Plate 7, figure 3; Plate 6, figure 10
1970Parodontoceras reedi Imlay and Jones p. B45 figs. Plate 11, figures 1-11, plate 12, figures 9, 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyHimalayitidaeSpath 1925
genusParodontoceras
speciesreedi()

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.

Parodontoceras reedi Anderson 1945
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Invalid names: Aulacosphinctes watsonensis Anderson 1945 [synonym]
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: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (California) Aulacosphinctes reedi, Aulacosphinctes watsonensis (type locality: 224818)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (California) Parodontoceras reedi (224826 225861)