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Paraschistoceras costiferum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae

Taxonomy
Paraschistoceras costiferum was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 5 miles southwest of Graford, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in the Graford Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Paraschistoceras costiferum Plummer and Scott p. 252 figs. Pl 14, figs 19-21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilySchistoceratoidea(Schmidt 1929)
familySchistoceratidaeSchmidt 1929
genusParaschistoceras
speciescostiferum

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.

†Paraschistoceras costiferum Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height113.0
shell diameter130.0
shell inflation112.0

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: Kasimovian or 307.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Paraschistoceras costiferum (type locality: 131373 131375 131376)