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Neopronorites asianus

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae

Taxonomy
Neopronorites asianus was named by Leonova (1988). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/316 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shindy River, Kochusu Suite, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kochusu Formation of Tajikistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Neopronorites asianus Leonova p. 107 figs. 2e-h, 3b
1989Neopronorites asianus Leonova p. 83 figs. Pl 1, figs 6,7; text-fig 27
2002Neopronorites asianus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyPronoritidaeFrech 1901
subfamilyNeopronoritinaeWeyer 1972
genusNeopronoritesRuzhencev 1936
speciesasianus

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.

Neopronorites asianus Leonova 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height46.274.608.806.201.77
shell diameter412.09.3015.711.92.68
shell inflation43.00--3.00-

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Tajikistan Neopronorites asianus (111283 type locality: 111382 177979 177982)