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Grioceras benedictinum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Stacheoceras benedictinum 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 recombined as Stephanoceras benedictum by de Gregorio (1930); it was recombined as Prostacheoceras benedictinum by Bogoslovskaya (1990); it was recombined as Grioceras benedictinum by Leonova (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Stacheoceras benedictinum Gemmellaro p. 38 figs. Pl 8, figs 18-20
1930Stephanoceras benedictum de Gregorio p. 11
1990Prostacheoceras benedictinum Bogoslovskaya p. 72
2002Stacheoceras benedictinum Leonova p. S83
2018Grioceras benedictinum Leonova p. 240

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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
subfamilyVidrioceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusGrioceras(Toumanskaya 1939)
speciesbenedictinum()

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.

Grioceras benedictinum Gemmellaro 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height327.121.045.021.013.9
shell diameter350.036.079.044.022.9
shell inflation30.1000.0011.001.000.577

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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Stacheoceras benedictinum (type locality: 108566) Stephanoceras benedictum (233340)