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Pseudogastrioceras szechuanense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudogastrioceras szechuanense was named by Chao (1965). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Mingyuexia Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Pseudogastrioceras szechuanense Chao
1974Pseudogastrioceras szechuanense Zhao and Liang p. 304 figs. Pl 160, figs 1,2
1978Pseudogastrioceras szechuanense Zhao et al. p. 73 figs. Pl 9, figs 1,2; pl 10, figs 1-4; text-fig 16b

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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
genusPseudogastriocerasSpath 1936
speciesszechuanenseChao 1965

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height427.222.232.627.85.21
shell diameter445.338.453.445.57.12
shell inflation40.2860.0015.104.602.81

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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Hubei) Pseudogastrioceras szechuanense (124009)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Thailand Pseudogastrioceras szechuanense (97002)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Pseudogastrioceras szechuanense (121651 148465 148467)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangdong) Pseudogastrioceras szechuanense (96803)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Anhui) Pseudogastrioceras szechuanense (97298)