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Archboldiceras whitehousei

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Spirolegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Uraloceras whitehousei was named by Armstrong et al. (1967). Its type specimen is GSQ F10555, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UQ L3127, middle strike ridge, Homevale, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Tiverton Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Archboldiceras whitehousei by Leonova and Shilovsky (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Uraloceras whitehousei Armstrong et al. p. 93 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-3; text-fig 2D
2002Uraloceras whitehousei Leonova
2007Archboldiceras whitehousei Leonova and Shilovsky p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familySpirolegoceratidaeNassichuk 1970
subfamilySpirolegoceratinae
genusArchboldiceras
specieswhitehousei()

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.

Archboldiceras whitehousei Armstrong et al. 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height117.0
shell diameter164.0
shell inflation121.0

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Queensland) Uraloceras whitehousei (85038 85047 type locality: 101542)