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Laboceras gracile

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Aplococeratidae

Taxonomy
Laboceras gracile was named by Shevyrev (1961). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/378 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tkhach River, left source, Laboceras-Megaphyllites beds, which is in a Bithynian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Laboceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Laboceras gracile Shevyrev p. 72 figs. Pl 1, 2
1995Laboceras gracile Shevyrev p. 94 figs. Pl 16, fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDanubitoidea()
familyAplococeratidae
genusLabocerasShevyrev 1961
speciesgracileShevyrev 1961

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.

Laboceras gracile Shevyrev 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height59.477.6011.09.601.23
shell diameter522.618.626.523.02.84
shell inflation56.525.607.506.300.850

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: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 246.70000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Russian Federation Laboceras gracile (99520)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Russian Federation Laboceras gracile (type locality: 99523)