Taxon Profile: Virgatosphinctes acuticostus

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
117913
Authority
Unknown or not entered.
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Fossil
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Ammonoidea
Family
Not assigned to a family
Genus
Virgatosphinctes

Profile

Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
Dave Watts on 20-Apr-2009
Reference Site/Paper in which the taxon name was checked
Thomson, M.R.A. (1979) Upper Jurassic and lower Cretaceous ammonite faunas of the Ablation Point area, Alexander Island. British Antarctic Survey. Scientific Reports 97 1-37. Source is Nisc

Species Profile:

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Type Locality
The actual location of the first recorded specimen
Ablation Point, Alexander Island

Reference: - Thomson, M.R.A. (1979) Upper Jurassic and lower Cretaceous ammonite faunas of the Ablation Point area, Alexander Island. British Antarctic Survey. Scientific Reports 97 1-37. Source is Nisc