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Prionoceras (Imitoceras) werriense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae

Taxonomy
Prionoceras (Imitoceras) werriense was named by Campbell and Engel (1963). Its type specimen is F.897 U.N.E., a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is L77, Rangari Section, 7.7 km north, 2.1 km east of Kelvin, which is in a Kinderhookian carbonate limestone in the Rangari limestone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Prionoceras (Imitoceras) werriense Campbell and Engel pp. 84-85 figs. pl. 5 f. 6-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyPrionoceratidaeHyatt 1884
subfamilyImitoceratinae()
genusPrionocerasSchindewolf 1923
subgenusImitoceras
specieswerriense

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.

Prionoceras (Imitoceras) werriense Campbell and Engel 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.90000 to 352.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Australia (New South Wales) Prionoceras werriense (type locality: 75622)