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Boehmoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Boehmoceras was named by Riedel (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-u]. Its type is Ancyloceras krekeleri.

It was assigned to Phlycticrioceratidae by Summesberger (1979); to Baculitidae by Kennedy and Christennsen (1993) and Kennedy (1995); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Boehmoceras Riedel
1979Boehmoceras Summesberger p. 117
1993Boehmoceras Kennedy and Christennsen p. 154
1995Boehmoceras Kennedy p. 431
2002Boehmoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyBaculitidaeGill 1871
genusBoehmocerasRiedel 1931

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.

G. †Boehmoceras Riedel 1931
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†Boehmoceras arculus Morton 1834
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Invalid names: Boehmoceras loescheri Riedel 1931 [synonym]
†Boehmoceras krekeleri Wegner 1905
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 Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Sweden B. arculus (82707) B. krekeleri (82711 82712 82713 82714 82715 82716 82727)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Mississippi) B. arculus (3583)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria B. krekeleri, B. loescheri (178860)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France B. krekeleri (179119 179664 179793)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5France B. arculus (179741)