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Plesiacanthoceras bellsanum

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mammites bellsanus was named by Stephenson (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 105983, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Plesiacanthoceras bellsanum by Kennedy and Cobban (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Mammites bellsanus Stephenson p. 204 figs. Pl 49, fig 3; pl 51, figs 8-11
1990Plesiacanthoceras bellsanum Kennedy and Cobban p. 403 figs. Pl 6, figs 26-28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusPlesiacanthocerasHaas 1964
speciesbellsanum(Stephenson 1953)

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.

Plesiacanthoceras bellsanum Stephenson 1953
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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 Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Mammites bellsanus (4648 6606)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Plesiacanthoceras bellsanum (167809)