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Altudoceras mckeei

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudogastrioceras mckeei was named by Miller and Furnish (1958). Its type specimen is USNM 119866 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 14616 Blue, Soap Creek, which is in a Roadian marine chert in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.

It was recombined as Altudoceras mckeei by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Pseudogastrioceras mckeei Miller and Furnish p. 682 figs. Pl 94, figs 1,2
2002Altudoceras mckeei Leonova p. S48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyParagastrioceratidaeRuzhencev 1951
subfamilyPseudogastrioceratinaeFurnish 1966
genusAltudocerasRuzhencev 1940
speciesmckeei()

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.

Altudoceras mckeei Miller and Furnish 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height16.50
shell diameter116.0
shell inflation14.00

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 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) Pseudogastrioceras mckeei (type locality: 113077)