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Phaneroceras compressum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudoparalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Gastrioceras compressum was named by Hyatt (1891).

It was recombined as Pseudoparalegoceras compressum by McCaleb (1963); it was recombined as Pseudoparalegoceras (Phaneroceras) compressum by Gordon (1964); it was recombined as Phaneroceras compressum by Plummer and Scott (1937), Nassichuk (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Gastrioceras compressum Hyatt p. 355 figs. 57-59
1903Gastrioceras compressum Smith p. 86 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-3
1937Phaneroceras compressum Plummer and Scott p. 191 figs. Pl 9, figs 4-10; pl 11, fig 13; text-fig 42
1963Pseudoparalegoceras compressum McCaleb p. 876 figs. Pl 112, figs 1,2
1964Pseudoparalegoceras (Phaneroceras) compressum Gordon p. 264 figs. Pl 29, figs 1-4,18-20; text-fig 83A,B
1975Phaneroceras compressum Nassichuk p. 114 figs. Pl 11, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilySchistoceratoidea(Schmidt 1929)
familyPseudoparalegoceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
genusPhaneroceras
speciescompressum(Hyatt 1891)

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height514.86.3033.011.112.7
shell diameter545.723.696.033.034.8
shell inflation525.013.541.028.514.1

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 21:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Moscovian or 323.40000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Pseudoparalegoceras compressum (43408 43446 43448)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Phaneroceras compressum (170699 170723)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Pseudoparalegoceras compressum (195795)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Texas) Phaneroceras compressum (79328 131239 131240 131242)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arkansas) Pseudoparalegoceras compressum (158003 158014 170866)