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Prionoceras sulcatum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites sulcatus was named by Munster (1832). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Prionoceras sulcatum by Woroncowa-Marcinowska (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Goniatites sulcatus Munster
2006Prionoceras sulcatum Woroncowa-Marcinowska p. 152 fig. 40G,J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyPrionoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusPrionoceras
speciessulcatum(Munster 1832)

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.

Prionoceras sulcatum Munster 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height19.50
shell diameter115.5
shell inflation10.001

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: base of the Middle Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 368.50000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Kazakhstan Prionoceras sulcatum (172161 172162)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Prionoceras sulcatum (135751)