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Shouchangoceras shouchangense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae

Taxonomy
Shouchangoceras shouchangense was named by Zhao and Zheng (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 44543 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dongwuli section, Bed 16, Lijia, Jiande County, which is in a Wordian coastal mudstone in the Dingjiashan Formation of China. It is the type species of Shouchangoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Shouchangoceras shouchangense Zhao and Zheng p. 226 figs. Pl 1, figs 11-17; text-figs 1a,b
1981Shouchangoceras shouchangense Frest et al. p. 33 figs. Pl 7, figs 16-18; text-fig 17H,I
1995Shouchangoceras shouchangense Zhou et al. figs. Pl 2, figs 1-12; pl 3, figs 1-4,11,12
2002Shouchangoceras shouchangense 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
genusShouchangoceras
speciesshouchangense

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.

†Shouchangoceras shouchangense Zhao and Zheng 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter1129.820.143.431.07.85

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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Fujian) Shouchangoceras shouchangense (101612)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jiangsu) Shouchangoceras shouchangense (101611 101614)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Zhejiang) Shouchangoceras shouchangense (type locality: 97115 121715)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jiangxi) Shouchangoceras shouchangense (101606 101610)