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Roadoceras chinense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Uraloceras chinense was named by Liang (1981). Its type specimen is NIGP 62042 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is F9, bed 14, Shuangputang, Jinta County, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Shuangputang Formation of China.

It was recombined as Roadoceras chinense by Zakharov and Mu (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Uraloceras chinense Liang p. 493 figs. Pl 1, figs 9,10,15,16; pl 2, figs 6,7,12,13; text-fig 6b
2002Uraloceras chinense Leonova
2004Roadoceras chinense Zakharov and Mu p. 867

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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
genusRoadoceras
specieschinense()

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.

Roadoceras chinense Liang 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter447.121.891.657.036.5

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Gansu) Uraloceras chinense (150431)