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Placenticeras vredenburgi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Taxonomy
Hypengonoceras vredenburgi was named by Sarkar (1966). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Placenticeras vredenburgi by Klinger and Kennedy (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. intercalare, P. meeki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Hypengonoceras vredenburgi Sarkar p. 144 figs. pl. 11, figs. 1-2
1989Placenticeras vredenburgi Klinger and Kennedy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyPlacenticeratidae
genusPlacenticerasMeek 1876
speciesvredenburgi()

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.

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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available