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Zhonglupuceras mapesi

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae

Taxonomy
Pseudohalorites mapesi was named by Frest et al. (1981). Its type specimen is USNM 304010 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM726o, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Zhonglupuceras celestre by Zhou (1985); it was recombined as Zhonglupuceras mapesi by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Pseudohalorites mapesi Frest et al. p. 16 figs. Pl 5, figs 9-12; text-figs 12C,13
2002Zhonglupuceras mapesi Leonova p. S34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPseudohaloritoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familyPseudohaloritidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyPseudohaloritinaeRuzhencev 1957
genusZhonglupuceras
speciesmapesi()

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.

Zhonglupuceras mapesi Frest et al. 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height14.70
shell diameter113.4
shell inflation10.001

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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Pseudohalorites n. sp. (type locality: 105931)