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Roadoceras prodromus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Altudoceras prodromus was named by Ruzhentsev (1976). Its type specimen is PIN 1016/2 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bolshie Churki Range, Quarry at 94 km along Birobidzhan-Leninskoy Route, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Osakhta Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Roadoceras prodromus by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Altudoceras prodromus Ruzhentsev p. 284 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
2002Roadoceras prodromus Leonova p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyParagastrioceratidaeRuzhencev 1951
subfamilyPseudogastrioceratinaeFurnish 1966
genusRoadoceras
speciesprodromus()

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.

Roadoceras prodromus Ruzhentsev 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height118.0
shell diameter140.0
shell inflation19.50

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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Altudoceras prodromus (type locality: 86042)