Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Prothalassoceras biforme

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Thalassoceratidae

Taxonomy
Thalassoceras biforme was named by Gerassimov (1937). Its type specimen is PIN 472/118 and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Prothalassoceras biforme by Bogoslovskaya et al. (1995), Leonova (2002), Zhou (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Thalassoceras biforme Gerassimov p. 17 figs. Pl 1, fig 8a,b
1995Prothalassoceras biforme Bogoslovskaya et al. p. 298 figs. 5.28, 5.29, 10.8
2002Prothalassoceras biforme Leonova
2017Prothalassoceras biforme Zhou p. 85 figs. 54.3-54.6, 55.3, 55.4

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyThalassoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyThalassoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusProthalassoceras
speciesbiforme(Gerassimov 1937)

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 biforme Gerassimov 1937
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height28.80--8.80-
shell diameter218.512.926.519.79.62
shell inflation21.30--1.30-

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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Kazakhstan Prothalassoceras biforme (81366 81369)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1China (Guangxi) Prothalassoceras biforme (185582)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Kazakhstan Prothalassoceras biforme (81373)