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Shouchangoceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae

Taxonomy
Shouchangoceras was named by Zhao and Zheng (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-l P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 303]. Its type is Shouchangoceras shouchangense.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Shouchangoceras Zhao and Zheng p. 226
2002Shouchangoceras Leonova
2002Shouchangoceras Sepkoski
2006Shouchangoceras Korn
2009Shouchangoceras Furnish et al. p. 17

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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
genusShouchangoceras

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. †Shouchangoceras Zhao and Zheng 1977
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Shouchangoceras americanum Frest et al. 1981
Shouchangoceras multinodosum Zhao and Zheng 1977
Shouchangoceras reticulatum Zhao and Zheng 1977
Shouchangoceras shouchangense Zhao and Zheng 1977
Shouchangoceras subglobosum Zhao and Zheng 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height134.00--4.00-
shell diameter1328.812.048.631.010.4
shell inflation130.001--0.001-

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Fujian) S. shouchangense (101612)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jiangxi) S. shouchangense (101606) S. shouchangense, S. subglobosum (101610) S. subglobosum (87350)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jiangsu) S. shouchangense (101611 101614)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Zhejiang) S. shouchangense, Sangzhites reticulatus (121715) S. shouchangense, S. reticulatum, S. multinodosum (97115) S. sp. (101598)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) S. americanum (95801)