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Jinjiangoceras compressum

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Araxoceratidae

Taxonomy
Jinjiangoceras compressum was named by Zheng and Ma (1982). Its type specimen is NIGP 54602 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lucun Section, Bed 8, Yichun County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Loping Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Jinjiangoceras compressum Zheng and Ma p. 282 figs. Pl 1, figs 5-9; text-fig 1c

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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
subfamilyKonglingitinae
genusJinjiangoceras
speciescompressum

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.

Jinjiangoceras compressum Zheng and Ma 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter641.036.546.040.53.44

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: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Jiangxi) Jinjiangoceras compressum (type locality: 101627)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Zhejiang) Jinjiangoceras sp. (121645)