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Paradimorphoceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Dimorphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Paradimorphoceras was named by Ruzhencev (1947) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,302]. It is not extant. Its type is Goniatites looneyi.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Paradimorphoceras Ruzhencev
2002Paradimorphoceras Sepkoski
2006Paradimorphoceras Korn
2009Paradimorphoceras Furnish et al. p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDimorphoceratoidea()
familyDimorphoceratidae
subfamilyGlyphiolobinaeRuzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1969
genusParadimorphocerasRuzhencev 1947

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. †Paradimorphoceras Ruzhencev 1947
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Paradimorphoceras looneyi Phillips 1836
Paradimorphoceras moorei Hodson 1954
Paradimorphoceras orientale Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
Paradimorphoceras strictum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height59.297.0013.29.002.41
shell diameter515.411.422.015.04.08
shell inflation50.0010.0010.0010.001-

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 Brigantian to the top of the Yeadonian or 335.90000 to 318.70000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Kazakhstan P. orientale (166869)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Dimorphoceras varians (93305)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Arkansas) P. sp. (84404 157680 157953 157954)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan P. orientale (166865 166873 166874 166885 166886)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) P. strictum (166954)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) P. sp. (43101)
Alportian322.8 - 321.8Tajikistan P. sp. (68258)
Alportian322.8 - 321.8Russian Federation P. sp. (67770)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3Russian Federation P. sp. (67749)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3Uzbekistan P. sp. (68195 68198 68200)
Marsdenian321.3 - 320.0Russian Federation P. sp. (67772 68194)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7Uzbekistan P. sp. (38723)