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Weyerella angularia

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gattendorfiidae

Taxonomy
Gattendorfia angularia was named by Liang and Wang (1991).

It was recombined as Weyerella angularia by Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen (2006), Zong et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Gattendorfia angularia Liang and Wang
1995Gattendorfia (Zadelsdorfia) popanoides Ruan p. 415 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-6,8; pl 3, figs 2,3; text-fig 8
1995Gattendorfia (Zadelsdorfia) acricula Ruan p. 416 figs. Pl 1, figs 5-8; text-fig 9
2006Weyerella angularia Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen p. 116
2015Weyerella angularia Zong et al. p. 196 figs. 21n-v

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyGattendorfiidaeBartzsch and Weyer 1987
genusWeyerella
speciesangularia(Liang and Wang 1991)

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.

Weyerella angularia Liang and Wang 1991
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Invalid names: Gattendorfia (Zadelsdorfia) acricula Ruan 1995 [synonym], Gattendorfia (Zadelsdorfia) popanoides Ruan 1995 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height311.87.0026.09.0010.4
shell diameter321.112.044.017.817.0
shell inflation34.763.008.004.502.57

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Xinjiang) Weyerella angularia (172429)