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Pselioceras ophioneus
Taxonomy
Nautilus ophioneus was named by Waagen (1879). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Katwahi, very lowest compact limestones, Middle Productus-limestone, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.
It was recombined as Pselioceras ophioneum by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Pselioceras ophioneus by Kummel (1953).
It was recombined as Pselioceras ophioneum by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Pselioceras ophioneus by Kummel (1953).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Pselioceras ophioneus Waagen 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 51.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 157.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 75.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | Pakistan | Nautilus ophioneus (type locality: 119655) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Pakistan | Pselioceras ophioneum (125911 125925) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Pakistan | Pselioceras ophioneum (126888) |