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Bransonoceras costatum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pericycloceras costatum was named by Zhao and Zheng (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 44604 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dongwuli section, Bed 16, Lijia, Jiande County, which is in a Wordian coastal mudstone in the Dingjiashan Formation of China. It is the type species of Pericycloceras.

It was recombined as Bransonoceras costatum by Furnish et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Pericycloceras costatum Zhao and Zheng
2002Pericycloceras costatum Leonova
2009Bransonoceras costatum Furnish et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMetalegoceratidae
subfamilyMetalegoceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusBransonoceras
speciescostatum()

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.

Bransonoceras costatum Zhao and Zheng 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height15.93
shell diameter116.8
shell inflation16.63

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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Zhejiang) Pericycloceras costatum (type locality: 97115)