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Pseudovidrioceras girtyi

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Taxonomy
Vidrioceras girtyi was named by Miller and Cline (1934). Its type specimen is USGS 1726 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 988i, Raymond Canyon, Sublette Range, which is in a Roadian offshore shale in the Phosphoria Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Pseudovidrioceras.

It was recombined as Pseudovidrioceras girtyi by Bogoslovskaya (1990), Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Vidrioceras girtyi Miller and Cline p. 290 figs. Pl 39, figs 15-17
1990Pseudovidrioceras girtyi Bogoslovskaya p. 72
2002Pseudovidrioceras girtyi 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
speciesgirtyi()

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 girtyi Miller and Cline 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height28.00--8.00-
shell diameter215.515.215.815.50.389
shell inflation21.00--1.00-

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: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Wyoming) Popanoceras sp. (type locality: 108916)