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Pseudovidrioceras pygmaeum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Taxonomy
Stacheoceras pygmeum was named by Gemmellaro (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was corrected as Stacheoceras pygmaeum by de Gregorio (1930); it was recombined as Pseudovidrioceras pygmaeum by Bogoslovskaya (1990), Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Stacheoceras pygmeum Gemmellaro p. 39 figs. Pl 8, figs 15-17
1930Stacheoceras pygmaeum de Gregorio p. 12
1990Pseudovidrioceras pygmaeum Bogoslovskaya p. 72
2002Pseudovidrioceras pygmaeum Leonova p. S80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMarathonitoidea(Ruzhencev 1938)
familyMarathonitidaeRuzhencev 1938
genusPseudovidriocerasRuzhencev 1936
speciespygmaeum()

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.

Pseudovidrioceras pygmaeum Gemmellaro 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height36.265.007.007.001.15
shell diameter310.69.0012.011.01.53
shell inflation30.0010.0010.0010.001-

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Stacheoceras pygmaeum (233340) Stacheoceras pygmeum (108566)