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Pleuronodoceras dayenense

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronodoceras dayenense was named by Yang and Yang (1992). Its type specimen is Geol Brigade NE Hubei Province 87045 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sijiawan, Wangren, Bed 7, Daye County, which is in a Changhsingian offshore shale/lime mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Pleuronodoceras dayenense Yang and Yang p. 601 figs. Pl 2, fig 11; text-fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyPleuronodoceratidae
genusPleuronodocerasZhao and Liang 1965
speciesdayenense

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pleuronodoceras dayenense Yang and Yang 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter131.3

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Hubei) Pleuronodoceras dayenense (type locality: 95721)