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Stacheoceras mediterraneum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Stacheoceras mediterraneum was named by Gemmellaro (1887). It is the type species of Stacheoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Stacheoceras mediterraneum Gemmellaro p. 27 figs. Pl 4, figs 2-6; pl 7, figs 11-13
1930Stacheoceras mediterraneum de Gregorio p. 12
1957Stacheoceras mediterraneum Miller and Furnish p. 708 figs. Pl 83, figs 11,12
1977Stacheoceras mediterraneum Nassichuk p. 575 fig. 9
1990Stacheoceras mediterraneum Bogoslovskaya p. 73
2002Stacheoceras mediterraneum Leonova
2018Stacheoceras mediterraneum Leonova p. 241

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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
speciesmediterraneum

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 mediterraneum Gemmellaro 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height616.17.0037.017.011.3
shell diameter632.813.077.036.021.4
shell inflation64.051.0011.05.503.77

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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Stacheoceras mediterraneum (108566 108567)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Canada (British Columbia) Stacheoceras mediterraneum (62319)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia Stacheoceras mediterraneum (113074)