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Acanthoptychoceras spinatocostatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoptychoceras spinatocostatum was named by Manolov (1962). Its type specimen is SGM Cr1-8, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Darvena Koshara, west of Jablanitza, which is in a Barremian marine marl in Bulgaria. It is the type species of Acanthoptychoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Acanthoptychoceras spinatocostatum Manolov p. 530 figs. Pl 74, fig 1; pl 75, fig 1; pl 76, fig 1; text-fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
subfamilyAncyloceratinaeGill 1871
genusAcanthoptychoceras
speciesspinatocostatum

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria Acanthoptychoceras spinatocostatum (type locality: 161853)