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Trachyscaphites densicostatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Trachyscaphites densicostatus was named by Cobban and Kennedy (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 441426, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trachyscaphites spiniger ammonite fauna, which is in a Campanian marine marl in the Ozan Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Trachyscaphites densicostatus Cobban and Kennedy p. 88 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 4, figs 2-4; text-fig 4C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusTrachyscaphitesCobban and Scott 1964
speciesdensicostatus

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.

†Trachyscaphites densicostatus Cobban and Kennedy 1992
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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 Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Trachyscaphites densicostatus (type locality: 73635)