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Plesiacanthoceratoides vetula

Geological Range

Cenomanian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Texas

Remarks

Original presentation: Plesiacanthoceratoides vetula Original publication: Cobban. 1987. Holotype: USNM 388189. Type locality: USGS Mesozoic locality D5900, Niobrara County, Wyoming (Kennedy and Cobban, 1990a). Type horizon: Belle Fourche Shale (Kennedy and Cobban, 1990a). Other specimens: USNM 388190-388197, USNM 420287-420292, USNM 420293. Zonation: Acanthoceras amphibolum zone (Kennedy and Cobban, 1990a). PaleoDB taxon number: not in database. Reference: Kennedy and Cobban (1990a).

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Cenomanian
Acanthoceras amphibolum zone (TX)
Belle Fourche Formation (WY)
Eagle Ford Group (TX)
Lake Waco Formation (TX)
Specimens of <i>Plesiacanthoceratoides vetula</i>. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from pl. 9, figs 1-25, 28 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in <i>Palaeontology</i>), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Specimens of Plesiacanthoceratoides vetula. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from pl. 9, figs 1-25, 28 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in Palaeontology), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Suture pattern of <i>Plesiacanthoceratoides vetula</i>. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from text-fig. 24e in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in <i>Palaeontology</i>), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Suture pattern of Plesiacanthoceratoides vetula. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from text-fig. 24e in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in Palaeontology), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

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