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Parapenascoceras sanandreasense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Domatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Titanoceras sanandreasense was named by Miller et al. (1933). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Penasco Valley, Highway 82, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the San Andres Formation of New Mexico.

It was recombined as Stearoceras sanandreasense by Miller and Youngquist (1949); it was recombined as Parapenascoceras sanandreasense by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Titanoceras sanandreasense Miller et al. p. 204 figs. Pl 13, fig 7; pl 17, figs 1,2
1942Titanoceras sanandreasense Clifton p. 696
1942Titanoceras sanandreasense Miller and Unklesbay p. 733 fig. 1D,3B,4
1949Stearoceras sanandreasense Miller and Youngquist
1954Parapenascoceras sanandreasense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderDomatoceratina
superfamilyGrypoceratoideaHyatt 1900
familyDomatoceratidae
genusParapenascoceras
speciessanandreasense()

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.

†Parapenascoceras sanandreasense Miller et al. 1933
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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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Titanoceras sanandreasense (90740 90745 90747 90749 90750)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Arizona) Titanoceras sanandreasense (105411 113091 113093)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (New Mexico) Titanoceras sanandreasense (type locality: 113092)