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Svalbardiceras qinghaiense

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Olenikitidae

Taxonomy
Svalbardiceras qinghaiense was named by Wang and Chen (1979). Its type specimen is NIGP 33948 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baluogenguole XX-F313-3, Wulan County, which is in a Spathian marine horizon in the Longwuhequn Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. spitzbergense, S. zhitkoviense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Svalbardiceras qinghaiense Wang and Chen p. 22 figs. Pl 3, figs 8-15; text-fig 10b-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyOlenikitidaeTozer 1971
genusSvalbardiceras
speciesqinghaiense

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.

†Svalbardiceras qinghaiense Wang and Chen 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Qinghai) Svalbardiceras qinghaiense (type locality: 103159)