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Phaneroceras lenticulare

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudoparalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Phaneroceras lenticulare was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UTBEG 153-T-6, San Saba highway, 5.6 km east and 1.4 km south of Rochelle, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Smithwick Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Phaneroceras lenticulare Plummer and Scott p. 193 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-9
1975Phaneroceras lenticulare Nassichuk p. 112 figs. Pl 11, figs 4,7; pl 15, figs 4-6; text-figs 43,44

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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
specieslenticulare

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.

†Phaneroceras lenticulare Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height221.310.842.026.422.1
shell diameter253.730.096.063.046.7
shell inflation216.810.527.018.811.7

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: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Texas) Phaneroceras lenticulare (type locality: 79328)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Phaneroceras lenticulare (62646 62652 170665 170666 170668 170669 170672 170691 170698 170701 170703 170704 170714 170715 170717 170719)