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Neocrimites obesus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae

Taxonomy
Neocrimites obesus was named by Sheng (1984). Its type specimen is P3025 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xiukang Limestone Block, Sample 80f-201, Lhaze County, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Quxia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Neocrimites obesus Sheng p. 60 figs. Pl 2, fig 1; text-fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyAdrianitoidea(Schindewolf 1931)
familyAdrianitidaeSchindewolf 1931
subfamilyAdrianitinaeSchindewolf 1931
genusNeocrimites
speciesobesus

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.

Neocrimites obesus Sheng 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height120.8
shell diameter144.6
shell inflation17.90

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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Xizang) Neocrimites obesus (type locality: 117565)