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Prothalassoceras inflatum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Thalassoceratidae

Taxonomy
Prothalassoceras inflatum was named by Ruzhentsev (1950). Its type specimen is PIN 320/1595, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ural river, east of Ilinskoe, which is in a Gzhelian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Prothalassoceras inflatum Ruzhentsev p. 110 figs. Pl 4, fig 6; text-fig 39
1995Prothalassoceras inflatum Bogoslovskaya et al. p. 298 fig. 5.18,5.19,10.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyThalassoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyThalassoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusProthalassoceras
speciesinflatum

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.

Prothalassoceras inflatum Ruzhentsev 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height213.5--13.5-
shell diameter219.917.223.020.14.10
shell inflation20.900--0.900-

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Kazakhstan Prothalassoceras inflatum (81352 81354 172367)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Russian Federation Prothalassoceras inflatum (type locality: 172288)