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Neogeoceras thaumastum

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Neogeoceras thaumastum was named by Ruzhentsev (1976). Its type specimen is PIN 3637/3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maykhe River, Trench 469, Shkotovo District, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Lyudyanza Formation of the Russian Federation.

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by M. Clapham on 2011-09-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Neogeoceras thaumastum Ruzhentsev p. 282 figs. Pl 2, figs 3,4
2002Neogeoceras thaumastum 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)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilyMedlicottiinae
genusNeogeocerasRuzhencev 1947
speciesthaumastum

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.

Neogeoceras thaumastum Ruzhentsev 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height124.0
shell diameter146.0
shell inflation12.00

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation Neogeoceras thaumastum (type locality: 116798 116799 212285 212286 212287)