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Nordophiceras schmidti

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Nordophiceratidae

Taxonomy
Xenodiscus schmidti was named by Mojsisovics (1886).

It was recombined as Prionolobus schmidti by Noetling (1905); it was recombined as Meekoceras (Gyronites) schmidti by Diener (1915); it was recombined as Gyronites schmidti by Kiparisova (1947); it was recombined as Svalbardiceras schmidti by Kummel (1969); it was recombined as Nordophiceras schmidti by Bychkov et al. (1976), Zakharov (1978), Dagis and Ermakova (1988), Dagis et al. (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Xenodiscus schmidti Mojsisovics
1886Xenodiscus dentosus Mojsisovics p. 78 figs. Pl 11, fig 12
1895Gyronites mojsisovicsi Waagen
1905Prionolobus schmidti Noetling
1915Goniodiscus dentosus Diener
1915Meekoceras (Gyronites) schmidti Diener
1934Xenodiscus schmidti Spath
1947Gyronites schmidti Kiparisova
1969Svalbardiceras dentosus Kummel
1969Svalbardiceras schmidti Kummel
1976Nordophiceras schmidti Bychkov et al.
1978Nordophiceras schmidti Zakharov figs. Pl 7, figs 4-9; pl 8, figs 1,2
1988Nordophiceras schmidti Dagis and Ermakova p. 19 figs. Pl 2, figs 3-6
1996Nordophiceras schmidti Dagis et al. p. 98 figs. Pl 53, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyNordophiceratidaePopov 1961
genusNordophicerasPopov 1961
speciesschmidti(Mojsisovics 1886)

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.

Nordophiceras schmidti Mojsisovics 1886
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Invalid names: Gyronites mojsisovicsi Waagen 1895 [synonym], Xenodiscus dentosus Mojsisovics 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height814.711.521.614.53.02
shell diameter835.727.050.035.86.85
shell inflation89.967.1012.510.61.91

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Nordophiceras schmidti (72347 72348 72349 72350 72352 72354 72356 72357 72360 72362 72363)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation Nordophiceras schmidti (124541)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Russian Federation Nordophiceras schmidti (107049 107211 123385 123387 123494 123495 214753) Xenodiscus dentosus (212505) Xenodiscus schmidti (212541)