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Rayonnoceras vaughanianum

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Actinoceras vaughanianum was named by Girty (1909). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2080 green, Boggy Creek, which is in a Brigantian marine shale in the Caney Formation of Oklahoma.

It was recombined as Rayonnoceras vaughanianum by Gordon (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Actinoceras vaughanianum Girty p. 377 figs. Pl 48, figs 7,8
1930Rayonnoceras girtyi Foerste and Teichert p. 262 figs. Pl 49, figs 1A,B; pl 50, fig 1
1964Rayonnoceras vaughanianum Gordon p. 98 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyCarbactinoceratidaeSchindewolf 1943
genusRayonnocerasCroneis 1926
speciesvaughanianum(Girty 1909)

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.

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Invalid names: Rayonnoceras girtyi Foerste and Teichert 1930 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Chesterian to the top of the Pendleian or 335.40000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Oklahoma) Actinoceras vaughanianum (160484)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Rayonnoceras vaughanianum (584)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Arkansas) Rayonnoceras vaughanianum (157954)