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Liuchengoceras evolutum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Liuchengoceratidae

Taxonomy
Liuchengoceras evolutum was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14830 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yangliucun (Dapu), Liucheng County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water siliciclastic in the Dalong Formation of China.

It was recombined as Pseudotirolites evolutus by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Liuchengoceras evolutum Zhao et al. p. 110 figs. Pl 11, figs 18,19; text-fig 59b
2002Pseudotirolites evolutus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyLiuchengoceratidae
genusLiuchengoceras
speciesevolutum

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.

Liuchengoceras evolutum Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height115.4
shell diameter143.0
shell inflation119.7

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

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 (Guangxi) Liuchengoceras evolutum (type locality: 121676)