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Rhiphaeoceras

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Rhiphaeoceratidae

Taxonomy
Rhiphaeoceras was named by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. Its type is Rhiphaeoceras venustum. It is the type genus of Rhiphaeoceratidae.

It was assigned to Nautilida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rhiphaeoceratidae by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954), Teichert et al. (1964), Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov (2017).

Species
R. humile, R. venustum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Rhiphaeoceras Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 103
1964Rhiphaeoceras Teichert et al. p. 423
2002Rhiphaeoceras Sepkoski
2017Rhiphaeoceras Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov p. 732

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyRhiphaeoceratidae
genusRhiphaeoceras

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.

G. †Rhiphaeoceras Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Rhiphaeoceras humile Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Rhiphaeoceras venustum Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.267.8011.09.402.26
shell diameter224.720.430.025.26.79
shell inflation29.848.0012.110.12.90

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Artinskian or 293.52000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Kazakhstan R. humile (116782)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Kazakhstan R. venustum (116788)