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Stacheoceras yajiangense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Stacheoceras yajiangense was named by Sheng (1984). Its type specimen is P3038 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xiukang Limestone Block, Sample I89-2177, 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
1984Stacheoceras yajiangense Sheng p. 64 figs. Pl 1, figs 1, 2; text-fig 9
1990Stacheoceras yajiangense Bogoslovskaya p. 73
2002Stacheoceras yajiangense Leonova
2018Stacheoceras yajiangense Leonova p. 242

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCycloloboidea(Zittel 1895)
familyVidrioceratidae
subfamilyNeostacheoceratinaeToumansky 1939
genusStacheoceras
speciesyajiangense

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height237.134.739.637.23.46
shell diameter265.265.065.465.20.283
shell inflation27.50--7.50-

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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Xizang) Stacheoceras yajiangense (type locality: 117566 117567)