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Syringoceras spurri

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Syringonautilidae

Taxonomy
Syringoceras spurri was named by Smith (1927). Its type specimen is USNM 74219 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Muttleberry Canyon, West Humboldt Range, which is in a Sevatian marine shale in Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. carolinae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Syringoceras spurri Smith p. 106 figs. Pl 104, figs 8,9
1953Syringoceras spurri Kummel p. 63 figs. Pl 7, figs 6,7; text-fig 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
familySyringonautilidaeMojsisovics 1902
genusSyringocerasHyatt 1894
speciesspurri

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.

†Syringoceras spurri Smith 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sevatian or 211.18000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Nevada) Syringoceras spurri (type locality: 33379)