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Lewesiceras pingue

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Lewesiceras pingue was named by Leanza (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 132.562 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 10537. Ubaté, 45 millas al norte de Bogotá, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the La Frontera Formation of Colombia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Lewesiceras pingue Leanza p. 193 figs. pl. 6 f. 2-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusLewesicerasSpath 1939
speciespingue

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.

†Lewesiceras pingue Leanza 1967
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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: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Colombia Lewesiceras pingue (type locality: 233826)