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Anagymnotoceras varium

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Gymnotoceras varium was named by McLearn (1948). Its type specimen is GSC 9595 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 10696, Alaska Highway, which is in a Bithynian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Anagymnotoceras varium by McLearn (1969), Tozer (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Gymnotoceras helle McLearn p. 32 figs. Pl 10, fig 7
1948Gymnotoceras varium McLearn p. 33 figs. Pl 11, figs 5,6
1969Anagymnotoceras varium McLearn p. 18 figs. Pl 3, figs 7a-c; text-fig 6
1969Anagymnotoceras helle McLearn p. 21 figs. Pl 3, figs 4a-c,5; text-fig 7
1991Anagymnotoceras helle Konstantinov p. 44 figs. Pl 9, fig 1; text-fig 21
1994Anagymnotoceras varium Tozer p. 114 figs. Pl 53, figs 1,2; pl 54, figs 7a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyBeyrichitinae()
genusAnagymnotocerasMcLearn 1946
speciesvarium(McLearn 1948)

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.

Anagymnotoceras varium McLearn 1948
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Invalid names: Gymnotoceras helle McLearn 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height419.814.430.117.88.26
shell diameter441.227.070.039.518.8
shell inflation415.911.622.415.65.46

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bithynian to the top of the Pelsonian or 244.99000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Canada (British Columbia) Anagymnotoceras varium (137096 139031 139051 139059 141640 141649) Gymnotoceras helle (137068) Gymnotoceras varium, Gymnotoceras helle (type locality: 137067)
Bithynian - Pelsonian244.99 - 243.33Svalbard and Jan Mayen Anagymnotoceras varium (97306)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Spitsbergen) Anagymnotoceras varium (211376)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Russian Federation Anagymnotoceras helle (151176)