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Partschiceras umzambiense

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Phylloceras umzambiense was named by van Hoepen (1920) [DISTRIBUTION: Santonian-Campanian; South Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Partschiceras umzambiense by Klinger (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Phylloceras umzambiense van Hoepen p. 142 figs. pl. 24, figs. 1-3
1985Partschiceras umzambiense Klinger p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusPartschicerasFucini 1920
speciesumzambiense(van Hoepen 1920)

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.

Partschiceras umzambiense van Hoepen 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa Partschiceras umzambiense (66070)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5South Africa Partschiceras umzambiense (82520)