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Pseudocalycoceras angolaense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Protacanthoceras angolaense was named by Spath (1931).

It was recombined as Pseudocalycoceras angolaense by Cooper (1978), Cobban (1988) and Wilmsen and Nagm (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Protacanthoceras angolaense Spath p. 316
1942Eucalycoceras dentonense Moreman p. 205 figs. Pl 33, figs 4,5; text-fig 2k
1942Eucalycoceras indianense Moreman p. 206 figs. Pl 33, figs 9,10; text-fig 2l
1942Eucalycoceras lewisvillense Moreman p. 206 figs. Pl 33, figs 6,7; text-figs 2n,u
1963Eucalycoceras underwoodi Powell p. 315 figs. Pl 31, fig 17
1972Pseudocalycoceras dentonense Cobban and Scott p. 63 figs. pi. 13, figs. 11-29; pi. 15, figs. 1-7, 10-13.
1978Pseudocalycoceras angolaense Cooper p. 96 figs. 4A-C,H-K, 6I,J, 10F,G, 14A, 18E,F, 19A,B, 23-25, 26F-K
1988Pseudocalycoceras angolaense Cobban p. 12 figs. Pl 5; pl 6, figs 1,2,13,14,18,19; text-fig 10
2014Pseudocalycoceras angolaense Wilmsen and Nagm p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusPseudocalycocerasThomel 1969
speciesangolaense(Spath 1931)

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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Invalid names: Eucalycoceras dentonense Moreman 1942 [synonym], Eucalycoceras indianense Moreman 1942 [synonym], Eucalycoceras lewisvillense Moreman 1942 [synonym], Eucalycoceras underwoodi Powell 1963 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height617.311.029.016.56.86
shell diameter641.322.070.039.016.9
shell inflation610.94.0023.011.06.66

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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Pseudocalycoceras angolaense (177097 177098 230848)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Angola Pseudocalycoceras angolaense (175545)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) Pseudocalycoceras angolaense (175425 177094 177095 177096 230782) Pseudocalycoceras angolaense, Pseudocalycoceras dentonense (167817)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Pseudocalycoceras angolaense (176980) Pseudocalycoceras dentonense (78164)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Pseudocalycoceras angolaense (53505 54154 55436 55816)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) Pseudocalycoceras angolaense (172055 172057)