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Pseudoparalegoceras brazoense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudoparalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoparalegoceras brazoense was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B.E.G. 110-T-3, Northeast side of Kickapoo Creek, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Millsap Lake Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Pseudoparalegoceras brazoense Plummer and Scott p. 196 figs. Pl 10, figs 10-14

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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
genusPseudoparalegocerasMiller 1934
speciesbrazoense

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.

Pseudoparalegoceras brazoense Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height122.3
shell diameter161.0
shell inflation125.3

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: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Moscovian or 312.80000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Texas) Pseudoparalegoceras brazoense (type locality: 131321)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Pseudoparalegoceras brazoense (91530)