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Strigogoniatites fountaini

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Strigogoniatites fountaini was named by Miller and Furnish (1940). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 7663, Patterson Hills, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian slope rudstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Strigogoniatites fountaini Miller and Furnish p. 94 figs. Pl 21, figs 3-5
2002Strigogoniatites fountaini Leonova

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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
genusStrigogoniatites
speciesfountaini

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.

†Strigogoniatites fountaini Miller and Furnish 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter125.4

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Strigogoniatites fountaini (75969 type locality: 113258 116598)