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Rubroceras alatum
Taxonomy
Rubroceras alatum was named by Cobban et al. (1989). Its type specimen is USNM 425417 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic D10527, Little Burro Mountains, which is in a Cenomanian marine shale in the Colorado Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Rubroceras.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Rubroceras alatum Cobban et al. pp. 54 - 55 figs. 56, 57, 90I-L, 94N-P, T-Y |
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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.
†Rubroceras alatum Cobban et al. 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (New Mexico) | Rubroceras alatum (type locality: 229802) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt | Rubroceras alatum (114798) |