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Agathiceras contractum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae

Taxonomy
Agathiceras contractum was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Four miles south of Electra, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Valera Shale Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Agathiceras contractum Plummer and Scott p. 125 figs. Pl 29, figs 11,12
2002Agathiceras contractum Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyAgathiceratoideaArthaber 1911
familyAgathiceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusAgathiceras
speciescontractum

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.

†Agathiceras contractum Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.00
shell diameter118.0
shell inflation12.50

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 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Agathiceras sp. (type locality: 131221)