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Wangoceras pax

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Heraclitidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotibetites pax was named by Tozer (1980). Its type specimen is GSC 28745 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Juvavites Gully 1, Pardonet Hill (GSC 9373), which is in a Lacian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Pseudotibetites, Wangoceras.

It was recombined as Wangoceras pax by Tozer (1980), Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Pseudotibetites pax Tozer p. 111 figs. Pl 17.1, figs 8-14
1980Wangoceras pax Tozer p. 276
1994Wangoceras pax Tozer p. 198 figs. Pl 120, figs 1-6; textfig 95c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyClydonitaceaeMojsisovics 1879
familyHeraclitidaeDiener 1920
genusWangoceras
speciespax()

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.

Wangoceras pax Tozer 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter629.121.740.328.18.33

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: Lacian or 227.30000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Canada (British Columbia) Pseudotibetites pax (46571 type locality: 46590 137974) Wangoceras pax (46626 137029 137994 141674)