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Wangoceras svalbardense

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Heraclitidae

Taxonomy
Pterotoceras svalbardense was named by Korchinskaya (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample 4164, northeast slope of Slottet Mountain, Oppendal, which is in a Lacian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

It was recombined as Wangoceras svalbardense by Shevyrev (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Pterotoceras svalbardense Korchinskaya p. 34 figs. Pl 2, fig 7
1990Wangoceras svalbardense Shevyrev p. 104

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

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 svalbardense Korchinskaya 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 221.50000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Svalbard and Jan Mayen Pterotoceras svalbardense (151223)