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Pseudoschistoceras simile

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoschistoceras simile was named by Teichert (1944). Its type specimen is UWA 21326 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is South of Barrabiddy Dam, Wandagee Station, which is in a Kungurian marine mudstone in the Bulgadoo Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Pseudoschistoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Pseudoschistoceras simile Teichert p. 88 figs. Pl 17, figs 1-5; text-fig 4
1961Pseudoschistoceras simile Glenister and Furnish p. 711 figs. Pl 83, figs 1-6; text-fig 8F
2002Pseudoschistoceras simile Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMetalegoceratidae
subfamilyMetalegoceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusPseudoschistoceras
speciessimile

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.

Pseudoschistoceras simile Teichert 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height422.418.529.021.64.65
shell diameter465.353.576.067.010.3
shell inflation422.519.028.022.03.77

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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Pseudoschistoceras simile (type locality: 82555)