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Stacheoceras mirificum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Stacheoceras mirificum was named by Zheng and Chen (1979). Its type specimen is NIGP 33924 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sancha River east IX P23F12-8, Dengke County, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine limestone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Stacheoceras mirificum Zheng and Chen p. 17 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2,16,17,21,22; text-fig 6b,c

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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
genusStacheoceras
speciesmirificum

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.

†Stacheoceras mirificum Zheng and Chen 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Stacheoceras mirificum (102908 type locality: 102910)