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Pseudhelicoceras petersoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Turrilitidae

Taxonomy
Turrilites petersoni was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 1291, Peterson Ranch, which is in a Cenomanian offshore shale in the Antelope Formation of California.

It was recombined as Pseudohelicoceras petersoni by Matsumoto (1959); it was recombined as Pseudhelicoceras petersoni by Murphy and Rodda (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Turrilites petersoni Anderson p. 193 figs. Plate 12, figure 6; Plate 75, figure 4
1959Pseudohelicoceras petersoni Matsumoto p. 156
1960Pseudhelicoceras petersoni Murphy and Rodda p. 847 figs. PL 107, figs. 1,2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyTurrilitidaeGill 1871
genusPseudhelicoceras
speciespetersoni()

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.

Pseudhelicoceras petersoni Anderson 1958
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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: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (California) Pseudhelicoceras petersoni (1784) Pseudohelicoceras petersoni (225838)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Turrilites petersoni (type locality: 69609)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) Pseudhelicoceras petersoni (1786)