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Huananoceras leiyangense

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Huananoceratidae

Taxonomy
Huananoceras leiyangense was named by Xu (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Leiyang County, Longtan Fm, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Huananoceras leiyangense Xu p. 582 figs. Pl 218, figs 6,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyHuananoceratidae
genusHuananoceras
speciesleiyangense

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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) Huananoceras leiyangense (109868 type locality: 123589)