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Qinglongites obesus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae

Taxonomy
Qinglongites obesus was named by Zheng (1981). Its type specimen is NIGP 34405 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhongying Section Bed 23 (QZ-5), Qinglong County, which is in a Changhsingian coastal marl in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Qinglongites obesus Zheng p. 109 figs. Pl 1, figs 17-23; text-fig 2
2002Qinglongites obesus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPseudohaloritoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familyPseudohaloritidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyShouchangoceratinaeZhao and Zheng 1977
genusQinglongites
speciesobesus

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.

†Qinglongites obesus Zheng 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter219.716.523.620.15.02

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Qinglongites obesus (112012 112085 type locality: 112093)