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Kelteroceras bellulum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Kelteroceras bellulum was named by Ermakova (1975). Its type specimen is YaGM 251/37 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kelter Creek, Nuora River basin (YaGM coll), which is in a Smithian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Kelteroceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Kelteroceras bellulum Ermakova p. 170 fig. 1a,b,e
1990Kelteroceras bellulum Dagis and Ermakova p. 7 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2
1996Kelteroceras bellulum Dagis et al. p. 90 figs. Pl 46, figs 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenodiscidaeFrech 1902
genusKelterocerasErmakova 1975
speciesbellulumErmakova 1975

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.

Kelteroceras bellulum Ermakova 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1010.96.6014.511.92.30
shell diameter1028.420.337.029.04.99
shell inflation109.597.5014.09.102.16

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: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation Kelteroceras bellulum (107035 107043 type locality: 127921 127922 127923 127924)