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Bostrychoceras elongatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Heteroceras elongatum was named by Whiteaves (1903).

It was recombined as Bostrychoceras elongatum by Anderson (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Heteroceras elongatum Whiteaves p. 331 figs. Pl. 44, Fig. 2
1958Bostrychoceras elongatum Anderson pp. 204 - 205

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusBostrychoceras
specieselongatum(Whiteaves 1903)

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.

†Bostrychoceras elongatum Whiteaves 1903
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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: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Bostrychoceras elongatum (215344)