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Tozericeras pakistanum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae

Taxonomy
Tozericeras pakistanum was named by Guex (1978). Its type specimen is Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneva G-P 19, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Landu, Bed 26, Surghar Range, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Mianwali Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Tozericeras pakistanum Guex p. 112 figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6; pl 7, figs 5,11,14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenoceltitidaeSpath 1930
genusTozericeras
speciespakistanum

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 diameter436.632.040.037.53.95

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: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Pakistan Tozericeras pakistanum (102310 type locality: 102311 102333)