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Waagenoceras gansuense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae

Taxonomy
Waagenoceras gansuense was named by Liang (1981). Its type specimen is NIGP 62035 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Daqishan, sample Rrf-92, Anbei County, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Jiushitan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Waagenoceras gansuense Liang p. 497 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2; text-fig 12
1990Waagenoceras gansuense Bogoslovskaya p. 73
2002Waagenoceras gansuense Leonova
2010Waagenoceras gansuense Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCycloloboidea(Zittel 1895)
familyCyclolobidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyCyclolobinaeZittel 1895
genusWaagenoceras
speciesgansuense

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.

Waagenoceras gansuense Liang 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter159.5

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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Gansu) Waagenoceras sp. (type locality: 150435)