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Altudoceras altudense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Gastrioceras altudense was named by Böse (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Two miles southwest of Altuda station, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Altuda Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Paragastrioceras altudense by Plummer and Scott (1937); it was recombined as Pseudogastrioceras altudense by Miller and Furnish (1940); it was recombined as Altudoceras altudense by Ruzhentsev (1974), Leonova (2002), Alanis-Pavón et al. (2024), Alanis-Pavón et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Gastrioceras altudense Böse p. 88 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-6
1937Paragastrioceras altudense Plummer and Scott p. 224 figs. Pl 24, figs 14, 15
1940Pseudogastrioceras altudense Miller and Furnish
1974Altudoceras altudense Ruzhentsev p. 20
2002Altudoceras altudense Leonova p. 48
2024Altudoceras altudense Alanis-Pavón et al. p. 5 fig. 3.5
2025Altudoceras altudense Alanis-Pavón et al. p. 863 figs. 4.5, 4.6, S2A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyParagastrioceratidaeRuzhencev 1951
subfamilyPseudogastrioceratinaeFurnish 1966
genusAltudocerasRuzhencev 1940
speciesaltudense()

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.

†Altudoceras altudense Böse 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height79.309.109.509.300.283
shell diameter725.514.940.725.77.68
shell inflation79.026.9011.89.353.46

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: base of the Roadian to the top of the Capitanian or 274.40000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Altudoceras altudense (43548 43551) Pseudogastrioceras altudense (131118)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Coahuila) Altudoceras altudense (275659)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Guerrero) Altudoceras altudense (232710)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Altudoceras altudense (102619) Gastrioceras altudense (type locality: 81499 88436) Paragastrioceras serratum (89199 113228 128592) Paragastrioceras serratum, Pseudogastrioceras beedei (95594) Pseudogastrioceras altudense (105515 113176 113261 113262 113263 113270)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Paragastrioceras serratum (113230 131233) Pseudogastrioceras altudense (113231)