Oxytropidoceras (Benavidesites) acutocarinatum
UNB-2018-0728Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Ammonoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Mojsisovicsiidae
Genus: Oxytropidoceras (Stieler, 1920)
Subgenus: Oxytropidoceras (Benavidesites) (Cooper, 1982)
Species: Oxytropidoceras (Benavidesites) acutocarinatum (Shumard, 1853)
Large oxycone specimen with thin, curved ribs. Umbilicus is encrusted with sediment. Thin, triangular aperture that is encrusted with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Oxytropidoceras (Benavidesites) acutocarinatum |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0728 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Ammonoidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous to Early Cretaceous |
| Numeric age | 145 Mya |
| Origin | Denton County, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- M. R. Cooper. 1982. Lower Cretaceous (Middle Albian) ammonites from Dombe Grande, Angola. Annals of the South African Museum 89:265-314