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Neodimorphoceras plummerae

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Neodimorphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Neodimorphoceras plummerae was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). Its type specimen is B.E.G. P-7581 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B.E.G. 119-T-8 (L-13), Rock Island Railroad cut, southeast of Jacksboro, which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Graham Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Neodimorphoceras plummerae Plummer and Scott p. 343 figs. Pl 35, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeodimorphoceratoidea()
familyNeodimorphoceratidae
genusNeodimorphocerasSchmidt 1925
speciesplummerae

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.

Neodimorphoceras plummerae Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height135.0
shell diameter156.0
shell inflation14.00

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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Neodimorphoceras plummerae (type locality: 128583 128645)