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Neocosmoceras crossi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Protacanthodiscus crossi was named by Anderson (1945). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 28667, McCarthy Creek, 3 miles northwest of Paskenta, which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Neocosmoceras crossi by Imlay and Jones (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Protacanthodiscus crossi Anderson p. 984
1970Neocosmoceras crossi Imlay and Jones pp. B52 - B53 figs. Plate 14, figures 20-22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyBerriasellinae(Spath 1922)
genusNeocosmoceras
speciescrossi()

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.

Neocosmoceras crossi Anderson 1945
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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: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Berriasian or 152.10000 to 139.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (California) Protacanthodiscus crossi (224818)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8USA (California) Protacanthodiscus crossi (225612)