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Chaotianoceras modestum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae

Taxonomy
Chaotianoceras modestum was named by Zhao and Liang (1974). Its type specimen is NIGP 14950 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Chaotian Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.

It was recombined as Pseudotirolites modestus by Leonova (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Chaotianoceras modestum Zhao and Liang p. 306 figs. Pl 160, figs 8,9
1978Chaotianoceras modestum Zhao et al. p. 131 figs. Pl 20, figs 1,2; text-fig 80b
1989Chaotianoceras modestum Sheng p. 198 figs. Pl 20, figs 2,3; text-fig 7
2002Pseudotirolites modestus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyPseudotirolitidaeZhao 1965
genusChaotianoceras
speciesmodestum

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.

Chaotianoceras modestum Zhao and Liang 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height121.2
shell diameter149.5
shell inflation115.5

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Chaotianoceras modestum (type locality: 98048 148463 148464)