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Ophiceras (Metophiceras) praecursor

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Ophiceras (Metophiceras) praecursor was named by Spath (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Stosch, river 13, locality 701, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in the Wordie Creek Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Ophiceras (Metophiceras) praecursor Spath p. 37 figs. Pl 1, fig 7; pl 6, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenodiscidaeFrech 1902
genusOphiceras
subgenusMetophiceras
speciespraecursor

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 diameter253.451.455.453.42.83

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Ophiceras praecursor (48059 118502 118683 118744 118754 type locality: 118757)