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Beloceras sagittarium

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Beloceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites sagittarius was named by Sandberger and Sandberger (1851). It is not extant. It is the type species of Beloceras.

It was synonymized subjectively with Beloceras tenuistriatum by Korn and Klug (2002); it was recombined as Beloceras sagittarium by Glenister (1958), Bogoslovsky (1969), Korn et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Goniatites sagittarius Sandberger and Sandberger
1958Beloceras sagittarium Glenister p. 85 figs. Pl 5, fig 12; pl 10, fig 7; pl 13, figs 1-5; pl 14, figs 1-8; text-figs 13A, 14, 15A-E
1969Beloceras sagittarium Bogoslovsky p. 299 figs. Pl 27, figs 7,8; pl 28, fig 1
2011Beloceras sagittarium Korn et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyBelocerataceae
familyBeloceratidae
genusBelocerasHyatt 1884
speciessagittarium(Sandberger and Sandberger 1851)

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.

Beloceras sagittarium Sandberger and Sandberger 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2428.52.7470.842.820.7
shell diameter2455.96.92129.075.236.5
shell inflation247.312.4617.28.354.50

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany Beloceras sagittarium (135671 135672 135674 135679 135693 135694 157753)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Germany (Hesse) Beloceras sagittarium (135670)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Beloceras sagittarium (170950 170951 170961 170962 170967 170968 170969 170970 170973 170974 170975 170976 170977 170981 170982 170983 170984 170985)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Altai Krai) Beloceras sagittarium (172141)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15France (Alsace) Beloceras sagittarium (223501 223518)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Germany Beloceras sagittarium (135675 157754)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Kazakhstan Beloceras sagittarium (172139 172140)