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Rayonnoceras protentum

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Rayonnoceras protentum was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 119000, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 1. USGS 14369. Road cut on se side US 65, 0.8 km sw of Peyton Creek Bridge, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore grainstone/shale in the Imo Formation of Arkansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Rayonnoceras protentum Gordon p. 97 figs. Pl 1, figs 19,20,21-24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyCarbactinoceratidaeSchindewolf 1943
genusRayonnocerasCroneis 1926
speciesprotentum

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.

Rayonnoceras protentum Gordon 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:57
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Arnsbergian or 326.90000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Arkansas) Rayonnoceras protentum (type locality: 5517)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Arkansas) Rayonnoceras protentum (157881 157941 157943 160557 160558 160559)