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Stenopoceras whitei

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Stenopoceras whitei was named by Miller and Youngquist (1949). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is England Schoolhouse, 1.5 miles N, Baylor County, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Clyde Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Stenopoceras whitei Miller and Youngquist p. 76 figs. Pl 5, fig 2; pl 27, figs 1-7; pl 28, figs 1,2
1957Stenopoceras whitei Kemp p. 974 fig. 123.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyDomatoceratinae()
genusStenopocerasHyatt 1893
specieswhitei

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.

Stenopoceras whitei Miller and Youngquist 1949
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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: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Nautilus sp. (108766) Stenopoceras whitei (type locality: 113417)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Stenopoceras whitei (113419 113425)