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Propinacoceras aktubense

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Propinacoceras aktubense was named by Ruzhentsev (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhil-Tau Hill, Aktyubinsk Region, which is in an Artinskian marine dolomite in the Baigendzhi Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Propinacoceras aktubense Ruzhentsev p. 839 fig. 2
1956Propinacoceras aktubense Ruzhentsev p. 97 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2
2002Propinacoceras aktubense Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilyPropinacoceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusPropinacoceras
speciesaktubenseRuzhentsev 1939

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.

†Propinacoceras aktubense Ruzhentsev 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height218.715.722.319.04.67
shell diameter226.7--26.7-
shell inflation20.001--0.001-

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Kazakhstan Propinacoceras aktubense (type locality: 102148)