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Longmenshanoceras plicatum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae

Taxonomy
Longmenshanoceras plicatum was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14980 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mao'ertang Section, Dalong Fm, Shangsi, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water siliciclastic in the Dalong Formation of China.

It was recombined as Tapashanites plicatus by Leonova (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Longmenshanoceras plicatum Zhao et al. p. 150 figs. Pl 27, figs 4,5; text-fig 96
2002Tapashanites plicatus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyPleuronodoceratidae
genusLongmenshanoceras
speciesplicatum

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.

Longmenshanoceras plicatum Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height122.6
shell diameter160.0
shell inflation118.5

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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Longmenshanoceras plicatum (type locality: 121642 149084)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Longmenshanoceras plicatum (95481 95484)