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Martoceras modestum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Martoceras modestum was named by Bogoslovskaya (1978). Its type specimen is PIN 3740/483 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shor-Bulak-Say River, sample 147/4, Pamir Mountains, which is in an Asselian marine sandstone in the Bazardarian Formation of Tajikistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Martoceras modestum Bogoslovskaya p. 62 figs. Pl 5, fig 9
1990Martoceras modestum Bogoslovskaya p. 73
2002Martoceras modestum Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCycloloboidea(Zittel 1895)
familyVidrioceratidae
subfamilyNeostacheoceratinaeToumansky 1939
genusMartocerasToumansky 1938
speciesmodestum

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.

Martoceras modestum Bogoslovskaya 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height218.718.019.418.70.990
shell diameter239.337.741.039.42.33
shell inflation26.606.506.706.600.141

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Tajikistan Martoceras modestum (102491 type locality: 102492 102493 102494 102495 102496)