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Sorinoceras costatum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Scyphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Sorinoceras costatum was named by Flower (1963). Its type specimen is NM Bureau Mines 890 and is a mold. Its type locality is Cloudcroft Highway 24 Roadcut, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the San Andres Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Sorinoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Sorinoceras costatum Flower p. 87 figs. Pl 13, figs 11-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyAipoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyScyphoceratidae
genusSorinoceras
speciescostatum

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.

†Sorinoceras costatum Flower 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (New Mexico) Sorinoceras costatum (type locality: 89628)