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Vidrioceras irregulare

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Stacheoceras (Vidrioceras) irregulare was named by Böse (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wolf Camp, Glass Mountains, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Gaptank Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Vidrioceras irregulare by Plummer and Scott (1937), Bogoslovskaya (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Stacheoceras (Vidrioceras) irregulare Böse p. 152 figs. Pl 7, figs 62-73
1937Vidrioceras irregulare Plummer and Scott p. 133 figs. Pl 30, figs 18-20
1990Vidrioceras irregulare Bogoslovskaya p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCycloloboidea(Zittel 1895)
familyVidrioceratidae
subfamilyVidrioceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusVidrioceras()
speciesirregulare()

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.

Vidrioceras irregulare Böse 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height210.69.4012.010.71.84
shell diameter221.519.723.521.62.69
shell inflation21.901.901.901.90-

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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Stacheoceras irregulare (type locality: 128585)