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Coilopoceras colleti

Description

Coilopoceras is a compressed, involute, lenticular ammonitid from the Cretaceous (Albian to Turonian), with a narrow venter and raggedy ammonitic suture; type of the Coilopoceratidae, a family in the Acanthoceratoidea of the suborder Ammonitina.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4981941https://www.gbif.org/species/4981941
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)146161https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=146161
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Coilopoceratidae : Coilopoceras : Coilopoceras colleti
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Coilopoceratidae : Coilopoceras : Coilopoceras colleti
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea
familyCoilopoceratidaeHyatt 1903
genusCoilopocerasHyatt 1903
speciesCoilopoceras colletiHyatt 1903
Generic NameCoilopoceras
Scientific NameCoilopoceras colleti Hyatt, 1903
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Coilopoceras colletispeciesbelongs to Coilopocerasstated with evidenceHyatt, 1903
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. R. Chancellor, W. J. Kennedy, and J. M. Hancock. 1994. Turonian ammonite faunas from central Tunisia. Palaeontological Association Special Papers in Palaeontology 50:1-118
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coilopoceras_colleti

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Coilopoceras novimexicanum Hyatt, 1903GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Coilopoceratidae : Coilopoceras : Coilopoceras novimexicanum

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1903Coilopoceras novimexicanum Hyatt
1903Coilopoceras colleti Hyatt p. 91 figs. pl. 10, figs. 5-21
1977Coilopoceras colleti Gonzalez-Arreola p. 170 fig. 2b,c
1980Coilopoceras colleti Cobban and Hook p. 13 figs. Pl 1, figs 7,8; pl 3, figs 1-3; pl 5; pl 6, figs 1-8; pls 7-9; text-figs 8-10
1994Coilopoceras colleti Chancellor et al. p. 108
2011Coilopoceras colleti Sealey and Lucas p. 376 figs. 4E-H

References

Chancellor G. R., Kennedy W. J., et al (1994) Turonian ammonite faunas from central Tunisia, Palaeontological Association Special Papers in Palaeontology 50, 1-118
Gonzalez-Arreola C. (1977) Amonitas del Coniaciano (Cretacico superior) de la region de Tepetlapa, estado de Guerrero [Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) ammonoids from the Tepetlapa region (Guerrero)], Revista Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia 1 2, 167-173
Cobban W. A., Hook S. C. (1980) The Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonite family Coilopoceratidae Hyatt in the Western Interior of the United States, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1192, 1-28
Sealey P. L., Lucas S. G. (2011) Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonites from the Carlile Member and reference area of the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale, eastern side of the San Juan Basin, La Ventana, Sandoval County, New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53, 370-379
G. R. Chancellor, W. J. Kennedy, J. M. Hancock (1994) Turonian ammonite faunas from central Tunisia: Palaeontological Association Special Papers in Palaeontology: 1--118 - via Catalogue of Life
P. L. Sealey, S. G. Lucas (2011) Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonites from the Carlile Member and reference area of the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale, eastern side of the San Juan Basin, La Ventana, Sandoval County, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin: 370--379 - via Catalogue of Life
W. A. Cobban, S. C. Hook (1980) The Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonite family Coilopoceratidae Hyatt in the Western Interior of the United States: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper: 1--28 - via Catalogue of Life
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