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Stacheoceras chaotianense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Stacheoceras chaotianense was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14826 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Chaotian Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Stacheoceras chaotianense Zhao et al. p. 78 figs. Pl 8, figs 19-23; text-fig 23
1990Stacheoceras chaotianense Bogoslovskaya p. 73
2002Stacheoceras chaotianense Leonova
2018Stacheoceras chaotianense 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
specieschaotianense

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.

Stacheoceras chaotianense Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.40--9.40-
shell diameter222.117.028.822.98.34
shell inflation22.00--2.00-

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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Stacheoceras chaotianense (121649)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Stacheoceras chaotianense (type locality: 98048)