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Dentoceras magnum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Dentoceratidae

Taxonomy
Dentoceras magnum was named by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954). Its type specimen is PIN 442/262 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aktasty River, eastern limestone ridge, Aktastinian, Aktyubinsk Region, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Dentoceras magnum Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 142 figs. Pl 15, fig 1
2020Dentoceras magnum Leonova and Shchedukhin p. 1133 figs. Pl 11, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
familyDentoceratidae
genusDentoceras
speciesmagnum

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.

Dentoceras magnum Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Diagnosis
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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 Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Dentoceras magnum (217202)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Kazakhstan Dentoceras magnum (type locality: 116788)