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Paleoconus bakeri

Cephalopoda - Hematitida - Hematitidae

Taxonomy
Paleoconus bakeri was named by Flower and Gordon (1959). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM 3301, East (Sequoyah) Mountain, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas. It is the type species of Paleoconus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Paleoconus bakeri Flower and Gordon pp. 618-619 figs. pl. 112, figs. 15-22
1964Paleoconus bakeri Gordon p. 88 figs. Pl 1, figs 16-18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superorderBelemnoidaGray 1849
orderHematitidaDoguzhaeva et al. 2002
familyHematitidaeGustomesov 1976
genusPaleoconusFlower and Gordon 1959
speciesbakeri

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.

†Paleoconus bakeri Flower and Gordon 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pendleian or 330.90000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Arkansas) Paleoconus bakeri (type locality: 84400)