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Gabboceras delicatum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Metasibiritidae

Taxonomy
Gabboceras delicatum was named by Taylor and Guex (2002). Its type specimen is NWMNH 25354, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is New York Canyon, section a, near top of Nun Mine Mb, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in the Gabbs Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Gabboceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Gabboceras delicatum Taylor and Guex p. 16 figs. Pl 3, figs 7,9,10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyMetasibiritidae
genusGabboceras
speciesdelicatum

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.

Gabboceras delicatum Taylor and Guex 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height13.80
shell diameter116.0
shell inflation15.50

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: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (Nevada) Gabboceras delicatum (type locality: 157631)