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Gastrioceras occidentale

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites occidentalis was named by Miller and Faber (1892).

It was recombined as Gastrioceras occidentale by Smith (1903), Plummer and Scott (1937).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Goniatites occidentalis Miller and Faber p. 166 figs. Pl 6, figs 6, 7
1903Gastrioceras occidentale Smith p. 96 figs. Pl 8, figs 6,7
1937Gastrioceras occidentale Plummer and Scott p. 241 figs. Pl 13, figs 19-23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGastrioceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusGastriocerasHyatt 1884
speciesoccidentale(Miller and Faber 1892)

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.

Gastrioceras occidentale Miller and Faber 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.80
shell diameter129.0
shell inflation17.00

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: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Gastrioceras occidentale (195795)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Texas) Gastrioceras occidentale (128626 128641)