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Verneuilites pygmaeus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Reticuloceratidae

Taxonomy
Gastrioceras pygmaeum was named by Mather (1915).

It was recombined as Pygmaeoceras pygmaeum by Gordon (1964); it was recombined as Verneuilites pygmaeus by Manger and Saunders (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Gastrioceras pygmaeum Mather
1964Pygmaeoceras pygmaeum Gordon p. 261 figs. Pl 28, figs 18-25; text-fig 81
1980Verneuilites pygmaeus Manger and Saunders p. 48 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2,8,9,11; text-figs 19,20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyReticuloceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
subfamilySurenitinae(Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1975)
genusVerneuilites(Librovitch 1939)
speciespygmaeus(Mather 1915)

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.

Verneuilites pygmaeus Mather 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height88.913.4019.79.656.28
shell diameter817.48.3034.817.810.6
shell inflation83.292.104.403.200.774

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: Morrowan or 323.40000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Pygmaeoceras pygmaeum (43203 43204 43205 43206 43350 43353 43366 43367 43369 43372 43375 43376 43381 43382 43383 43384 43386 43424) Verneuilites pygmaeus (43100 43107)