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Stenopoceras orientale

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Stenopoceras orientalis 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 corrected as Stenopoceras orientale by Zhao (1954), Xu (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Stenopoceras orientalis Chao p. 70 figs. Pl 9, figs 5-7
1954Stenopoceras orientale Zhao p. 7 figs. Pl 2, figs 5-8
1977Stenopoceras orientale Xu p. 549 figs. Pl 207, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyDomatoceratinae()
genusStenopocerasHyatt 1893
speciesorientale()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter264.759.071.065.08.49

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China Stenopoceras orientale (66112) Stenopoceras orientalis (type locality: 124006)