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Exicrioceras diabloense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Exicrioceras diabloense was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 29123 - Pacheco [Mustang Shale, Moreno Fm], which is in a Maastrichtian marine mudstone/shale in the Moreno Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Exicrioceras diabloense Anderson p. 208 figs. Plate 72, figures 1, 2, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusExicrioceras
speciesdiabloense

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.

†Exicrioceras diabloense Anderson 1958
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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 Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) Exicrioceras diabloense (type locality: 83789)