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Chaotianoceras nodosum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae

Taxonomy
Chaotianoceras nodosum was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14952 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Chaotian Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Chaotianoceras nodosum Zhao et al. p. 132 figs. Pl 20, figs 3,4,9,10,18; text-fig 82b
1989Chaotianoceras nodosum Sheng p. 198 figs. Pl 20, fig 4; text-fig 8
2002Pseudotirolites nodosus 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)
familyPseudotirolitidaeZhao 1965
genusChaotianoceras
speciesnodosum

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.

Chaotianoceras nodosum Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height310.99.7012.210.91.77
shell diameter338.526.958.236.416.0
shell inflation311.410.112.911.51.98

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 (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) Chaotianoceras nodosum (type locality: 98048 111609 121642 121660 122173)