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Glaphyrites kansasensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites kansasensis was named by Miller and Gurley (1896).

It was recombined as Gastrioceras kansasense by Smith (1903); it was recombined as Glaphyrites kansasensis by Plummer and Scott (1937), Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Goniatites kansasensis Miller and Gurley p. 43 figs. Pl 5, figs 9-11
1903Gastrioceras kansasense Smith p. 91 figs. Pl 17, figs 9-11
1937Glaphyrites kansasensis Plummer and Scott p. 274 figs. Pl 17, figs 1-13
1971Glaphyrites kansasensis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 286

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGlaphyritidae
subfamilyGlaphyritinae
genusGlaphyritesRuzhencev 1936
specieskansasensis(Miller and Gurley 1896)

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.

Glaphyrites kansasensis Miller and Gurley 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height34.493.006.304.801.65
shell diameter314.19.8021.113.65.75
shell inflation37.194.9010.07.602.55

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: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Gzhelian or 307.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Glaphyrites kansasensis (128578)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Glaphyrites kansasensis (128581 128584 128678 131372)