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Paragastrioceras scitum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Paragastrioceras scitum was named by Ruzhentsev (1956). Its type specimen is PIN 317/4800 and 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
1956Paragastrioceras scitum Ruzhentsev p. 164 figs. Pl 17, figs 5,6
2002Paragastrioceras scitum 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
subfamilyParagastrioceratinaeRuzhencev 1951
genusParagastrioceras
speciesscitum

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.

Paragastrioceras scitum Ruzhentsev 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.779.0010.69.801.13
shell diameter232.128.835.732.24.88
shell inflation215.814.317.515.92.26

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Kazakhstan Paragastrioceras scitum (type locality: 102148)