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Nordophiceras popovi

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Nordophiceratidae

Taxonomy
Karangatites popovi was named by Zakharov (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mengilyakh Creek, spiniplicatus zone (BPI coll), Olenek River, which is in a Spathian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Nordophiceras popovi by Dagis and Ermakova (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Karangatites popovi Zakharov p. 180 figs. Pl 9, figs 7, 4
1988Nordophiceras popovi Dagis and Ermakova p. 21 figs. Pl 1, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyNordophiceratidaePopov 1961
genusNordophicerasPopov 1961
speciespopovi()

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.

Nordophiceras popovi Zakharov 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height210.510.011.110.60.778
shell diameter228.127.428.928.11.06
shell inflation210.310.210.510.30.212

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation Karangatites popovi (type locality: 123495)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Nordophiceras popovi (72346 72359 72363)