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Aulacaganides hunanicus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae

Taxonomy
Aulacaganides hunanicus was named by Zhou (1985). Its type specimen is NIGP 70760 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiangjiachong, southern Shaoyang City, which is in a Kungurian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone in the Dangchong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Aulacaganides hunanicus Zhou p. 188 figs. Pl 1, figs 2-4; text-fig 7
2002Aulacaganides hunanicus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPseudohaloritoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familyPseudohaloritidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyShouchangoceratinaeZhao and Zheng 1977
genusAulacaganides
specieshunanicus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter315.310.825.113.37.64

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Hunan) Aulacaganides hunanicus (122272)