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Gowericeras spinosum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Gowericeras spinosum was named by Imlay (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108138, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 22432, Iniskin Bay, which is in a Callovian marine siliciclastic in the Chinitna Formation of Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. evolutum, G. toricellii, G. trichophorum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Gowericeras spinosum Imlay p. 99 figs. Pl 53, figs 8,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyKosmoceratidaeHaug 1887
genusGowericerasBuckman 1921
speciesspinosum

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.

†Gowericeras spinosum Imlay 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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (Alaska) Gowericeras spinosum (type locality: 158910)