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Elephantoceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae

Taxonomy
Elephantoceras was named by Zhao and Zheng (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-u P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 303].

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Shouchangoceratinae by Leonova (2002), Korn (2006) and Furnish et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Elephantoceras Zhao and Zheng p. 232
2002Elephantoceras Leonova
2002Elephantoceras Sepkoski
2006Elephantoceras Korn
2009Elephantoceras Furnish et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPseudohaloritoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familyPseudohaloritidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyShouchangoceratinaeZhao and Zheng 1977
genusElephantoceras

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. †Elephantoceras Zhao and Zheng 1977
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Elephantoceras nodosum Zhao and Zheng 1977
Elephantoceras spinonodosum Zhao and Zheng 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Zhejiang) E. spinonodosum (101622)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jiangxi) E. nodosum (101610)