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Altudoceras hunanense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Altudoceras hunanense was named by Xu (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shanghulong, Hengshan County, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Dangchong Formation of China.

It was recombined as Hengshanites hunanensis by Zhou (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Altudoceras hunanense Xu p. 568 figs. Pl 213, figs 2,3
1985Hengshanites hunanensis Zhou p. 192
2002Altudoceras hunanense Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyParagastrioceratidaeRuzhencev 1951
subfamilyPseudogastrioceratinaeFurnish 1966
genusAltudocerasRuzhencev 1940
specieshunanense

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
No measurements are available
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Hunan) Altudoceras hunanense (type locality: 124019)