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Neopopanoceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Popanoceratidae

Taxonomy

Neopopanoceras was named by Schindewolf (1939).

It was assigned to Popanoceratidae by Furnish et al. (2009).

Species

N. bowmani, N. clausum, N. lineatum, N. moelleri, N. multistriatum, N. scrobiculatum, Tauroceras xizangense

Synonyms

Tauroceras was named by Toumansky (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 305]. It is not extant.

It was replaced with Neopopanoceras by Furnish et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Popanoceratidae by Leonova (2002), Korn (2006).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1938	Tauroceras Toumansky
1939	Neopopanoceras Schindewolf
2002	Tauroceras Leonova
2002	Tauroceras Sepkoski
2006	Tauroceras Korn
2009	Neopopanoceras Furnish et al. p. 181

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Goniatitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Goniatitina	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Popanoceratoidea	(Hyatt 1900)
family	Popanoceratidae	Hyatt 1900
genus	Neopopanoceras	Schindewolf 1939

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. †Neopopanoceras Schindewolf 1939

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†Neopopanoceras bowmani Böse 1919

†Neopopanoceras clausum Gemmellaro 1887

†Neopopanoceras lineatum Liang 1982

†Neopopanoceras moelleri Gemmellaro 1887

†Neopopanoceras multistriatum Gemmellaro 1887

†Neopopanoceras scrobiculatum Gemmellaro 1887

Invalid names: Tauroceras Toumansky 1938 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	22	14.5	5.00	30.0	15.0	7.22
shell diameter	22	29.2	12.0	58.8	28.0	14.0
shell inflation	22	0.192	0.001	5.90	3.00	2.09

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 Roadian to the top of the Changhsingian or 274.40000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (30 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Roadian	274.4 - 266.9	Oman	Tauroceras scrobiculatum (82199 102385 102388) Tauroceras sp. (138774)
Roadian	274.4 - 266.9	China (Xizang)	Popanoceras xizangense (117564)
Roadian	274.4 - 266.9	USA (Texas)	Popanoceras bowmani (106160 113206 131117) Stacheoceras bowmani (113182 128591) Tauroceras bowmani (43551)
Roadian	274.4 - 266.9	Ukraine	Tauroceras sp. (81423)
Roadian - Wordian	274.4 - 264.28	China (Xinjiang)	Tauroceras scrobiculatum (121708)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Iraq (Arbil)	Tauroceras scrobiculatum (82851)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Malaysia	Popanoceras scrobiculatum (111186)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Italy	Popanoceras moelleri (233340) Popanoceras scrobiculatum (108566 108671) Popanoceras scrobiculatum, Popanoceras multistriatum, Popanoceras moelleri, Popanoceras clausum (108567)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Malaysia (Pahang)	Tauroceras scrobiculatum (50130)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	China (Jilin)	Tauroceras lineatum (107783)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Japan	Tauroceras sp. (107612)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Tunisia (Madanin)	Popanoceras multistriatum (42097)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Tunisia	Popanoceras multistriatum (113073)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	Russian Federation	Tauroceras sp. nov. (110916 110917 110918 110921 110923 110925)