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Araxoceras abarquense

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Araxoceratidae

Taxonomy
Araxoceras abarquense was named by Zakharov and Mousavi Abnavi (2010). Its type specimen is DVGI 3/850 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Abadeh Section, Unit 6, which is in a Wuchiapingian offshore limestone in the Hambast Formation of Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Araxoceras abarquense Zakharov and Mousavi Abnavi p. 619 figs. Pl 1, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderOtoceratinaShevyrev and Ermakova 1979
superfamilyOtoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyAraxoceratidaeRuzhencev 1959
subfamilyAraxoceratinaeRuzhencev 1959
genusAraxocerasRuzhencev 1959
speciesabarquense

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.

†Araxoceras abarquense Zakharov and Mousavi Abnavi 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter129.2

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: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Araxoceras abarquense (type locality: 63892)