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Xiaoqiaoceras

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Xiaoqiaoceras Brayard and Bucher p. 35
2013Xiaoqiaoceras Brayard et al. p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyProptychitidaeWaagen 1895
genusXiaoqiaoceras

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.

G. †Xiaoqiaoceras Brayard and Bucher 2008
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Xiaoqiaoceras americanum Brayard et al. 2013
Xiaoqiaoceras involutus Brayard and Bucher 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height712.29.4017.011.03.31
shell diameter720.515.728.021.64.75
shell inflation70.0060.0015.200.0012.33

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Guangxi) X. involutus (97142 97145 97149 97153)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1India (Himachal Pradesh) X. involutus (139682)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) X. americanum (156023)