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Protacanthodiscus hexagonus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae

Taxonomy
Corongoceras hexagonus was named by Tavera (1985). Its type specimen is University of Granada T.Co.3.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Protacanthodiscus hexagonus by Frau et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Corongoceras hexagonus Tavera p. 195 figs. Pl 28, figs 3a,b, 4a,b; text-fig 17H
2015Protacanthodiscus hexagonus Frau et al. p. 127 fig. 7D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyHimalayitidaeSpath 1925
subfamilyHimalayitinaeSpath 1925
genusProtacanthodiscus
specieshexagonus(Tavera 1985)

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: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France Protacanthodiscus hexagonus (174771)