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Zhonglupuceras arabicus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae

Taxonomy
Pseudohalorites arabicus was named by Miller and Furnish (1957). Its type specimen is SUI 8107 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haushi, Top of Section, which is in a Wordian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Khuff Formation of Oman.

It was recombined as Zhonglupuceras arabicus by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Pseudohalorites arabicus Miller and Furnish
1981Pseudohalorites arabicus Frest et al. p. 16 figs. Pl 6, figs 2,6,9,12; text-fig 12B
2002Zhonglupuceras arabicus Leonova p. S34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPseudohaloritoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familyPseudohaloritidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyPseudohaloritinaeRuzhencev 1957
genusZhonglupuceras
speciesarabicus()

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.

Zhonglupuceras arabicus Miller and Furnish 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height113.0
shell diameter123.0
shell inflation10.001

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 - 264.28Oman Pseudohalorites arabicus (63377 type locality: 108995)