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Paravascoceras carteri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Vascoceras globosum carteri was named by Barber (1957). Its type specimen is BMNH C.47630, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Vascoceras proprium by Kennedy et al. (1987); it was recombined as Paravascoceras carteri by Chancellor (1982) and Meister (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Vascoceras globosum carteri Barber p. 25 figs. Pl 8, fig 2; pl 28, figs 8,9
1982Paravascoceras carteri Chancellor p. 102
1989Paravascoceras carteri Meister p. 21 figs. Pl 9, figs 1,3; pl 10, figs 1,2; text-fig 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusParavascocerasChoffat 1898
speciescarteri()

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.

Paravascoceras carteri Barber 1957
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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 Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Nigeria Paravascoceras carteri (175537)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico Vascoceras carteri (73576)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Paravascoceras carteri (175522)