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Grypoceras aemulans

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Grypoceras aemulans was named by Kummel (1953). Its type specimen is BMNH C47068, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chhidru, Lower Ceratite marl, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian offshore marl in the Mianwali Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Grypoceras aemulans Kummel p. 5 figs. Pl 2, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTemnocheilinaFlower 1963
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusGrypocerasHyatt 1883
speciesaemulans

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.

Grypoceras aemulans Kummel 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height130.0
shell diameter160.0
shell inflation110.0

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: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan Grypoceras aemulans (type locality: 95278)