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Preshumardites stainbrooki

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Shumarditidae

Taxonomy
Preshumardites stainbrooki was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Just north of Jacksboro-Chico highway, west of Chico, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in the Caddo Creek Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Preshumardites stainbrooki Plummer and Scott p. 292 figs. Pl 23, figs 13-15; text-fig 61b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyShumarditoidea(Plummer and Scott 1937)
familyShumarditidae
genusPreshumardites
speciesstainbrooki

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.

†Preshumardites stainbrooki Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Preshumardites stainbrooki (type locality: 131480)