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Parabrancoceras rotundatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Brancoceras rotundatum was named by Collignon (1949). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Parabrancoceras rotundatum by Kennedy et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Brancoceras rotundatum Collignon p. 94 figs. pl. 20, fig. 1
2000Parabrancoceras rotundatum Kennedy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyBrancoceratinaeSpath 1934
genusParabrancoceras
speciesrotundatum()

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.

Parabrancoceras rotundatum Collignon 1949
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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: Albian or 113.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Brancoceras rotundatum (86497)