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Liroceras sinense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Coloceras sinensis was named by Chao (1940). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wushihchung, Changlingpu, Tanchiashan, Xiangtan County, which is in a Kungurian marginal marine mudstone in China.

It was recombined as Liroceras sinense by Zhao (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. lunense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Coloceras sinensis Chao p. 69 figs. Pl 9, figs 1,2
1954Liroceras sinense Zhao p. 12 figs. Pl 5, fig 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusLiroceras
speciessinense()

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.

†Liroceras sinense Chao 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.00
shell diameter116.5
shell inflation11.50

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China Coloceras sinensis (type locality: 124006) Liroceras sinense (66112)