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Paracompsoceras ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4626910https://www.gbif.org/species/4626910
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)111281https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=111281
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Paracompsoceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Paracompsoceras
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
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMammitinae
genusParacompsocerasCobban 1971
Scientific NameParacompsoceras Cobban, 1971
Name Published InProf. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 699
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paracompsocerasgenusbelongs to Acanthoceratidaestated with evidenceCobban, 1972
Paracompsocerasgenusbelongs to Acanthoceratinaestated with evidenceKennedy et al., 1988
Paracompsocerasgenusbelongs to Mammitinaestated with evidenceCooper, 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 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)W. A. Cobban. 1972. New and little-known ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian and Turonian) of the western interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 699:1-24

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Paracompsoceras landisi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		699.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1972Paracompsoceras Cobban p. 10
1988Paracompsoceras Kennedy et al. p. 40
1996Paracompsoceras Wright et al. p. 158
1998Paracompsoceras Cooper

References

Cobban W. A. (1972) New and little-known ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian and Turonian) of the western interior of the United States, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 699, 1-24
Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A., et al (1988) Middle Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) molluscan fauna from the base of the Boquillas Formation, Cerro de Muleros, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Bulletin 114, 35-44
Wright C. W., Calloman J. H., et al (1996) Cretaceous Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology L 4, 1-362
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Prof. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 699 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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