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Uraloceras nevadense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Uraloceras nevadense was named by Schiappa et al. (2005). Its type specimen is SUI 58201 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beck Springs, Buck Mountain, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Arcturus Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Uraloceras nevadense Schiappa et al. p. 373 figs. 4,5,6.1-6.11,7.4-7.9,8.4-8.6

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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
subfamilyParagastrioceratinaeRuzhencev 1951
genusUralocerasRuzhencev 1936
speciesnevadense

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.

Uraloceras nevadense Schiappa et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height206.312.9011.06.501.83
shell diameter2016.67.7030.116.94.65
shell inflation206.092.9010.06.101.53

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Alaska) Uraloceras nevadense (117458)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Uraloceras nevadense (type locality: 94960)