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Shengoceras simplex

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae

Taxonomy
Waagenoceras simplex was named by Zhao (1955). Its type specimen is NIGP 7459 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fei'eling, Xianggui railway, Fenghuang, Laibin County, which is in a Capitanian marine shale in the "Kufeng" Formation of China.

It was recombined as Kufengoceras simplex by Xu (1977), Zhao (1980), Bogoslovskaya (1990); it was recombined as Shengoceras simplex by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Waagenoceras simplex Zhao p. 138 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-11; text-fig 1
1977Kufengoceras simplex Xu p. 572 figs. Pl 214, fig 8
1980Kufengoceras simplex Zhao p. 79 figs. Pl 1, figs 8,9; text-fig 1c
1990Kufengoceras simplex Bogoslovskaya p. 72
2002Shengoceras simplex Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCycloloboidea(Zittel 1895)
familyCyclolobidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyKufengoceratinae
genusShengoceras
speciessimplex()

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.

Shengoceras simplex Zhao 1955
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guangxi) Waagenoceras simplex (124035 124036 type locality: 124037)