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Lopingoceras lopingense

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras lopingense was named by Stoyanow (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Araxes River canyon, bed 7, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine marl in the Julfa Formation of Azerbaijan.

It was recombined as Lopingoceras lopingense by Teichert and Kummel (1973), Zhao et al. (1978), Zheng (1984), Liang (1984), Shimanskiy (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Orthoceras lopingense Stoyanow p. 70 figs. Pl 7, figs 2, 3
1973Lopingoceras lopingense Teichert and Kummel p. 414 figs. Pl 4, figs 9,11
1978Lopingoceras lopingense Zhao et al. p. 63 figs. Pl 33, figs 5-7; text-fig 5
1984Lopingoceras lopingense Liang p. 699 figs. Pl 1, fig 5; pl 2, figs 3-9
1984Lopingoceras lopingense Zheng p. 241 figs. Pl 1, figs 11,12
1996Lopingoceras lopingense Shimanskiy figs. Pl 5, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoideaZhuravleva 1994
orderPseudorthocerida
familySpyroceratidaeShimizu and Obata 1935
genusLopingocerasShimanskiy 1962
specieslopingense()

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.

Lopingoceras lopingense Stoyanow 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter422.315.351.217.817.2

Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Changhsingian or 283.30000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Tajikistan Lopingoceras lopingense (117828)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Lopingoceras lopingense (119043)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Lopingoceras lopingense (94948 110595 110678 110715) Orthoceras lopingense (132465)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Jiangxi) Lopingoceras lopingense (97113)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Azerbaijan Lopingoceras lopingense (110603 110604)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Lopingoceras lopingense (111768)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Anhui) Lopingoceras lopingense (97298)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Lopingoceras lopingense (111980 112093)