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Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) calabarense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) calabarense was named by Reyment (1955) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Nigeria.]. Its type specimen is BMNH U.3535, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 3 miles north of Odukpani, lower horizon (Reyment collection), which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in the Odukpani Formation of Nigeria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. austeni, D. eozanum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) calabarense Reyment p. 18 figs. Pl 2, fig 8; pl 3, fig 1; text-figs 6,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyDesmoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusDesmocerasZittel 1884
subgenusPseudouhligella(Matsumoto 1938)
speciescalabarense

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.

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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria Desmoceras calabarense (type locality: 210265)