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Gastrioceras formosum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Gastrioceras formosum was named by McCaleb (1963). Its type specimen is SUI 10450, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Natural Dam, Locality 1, Lee Creek, which is in a Morrowan coastal sandstone in the Witts Springs Formation of Arkansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. coronatum, G. crenulatum, G. subcrenatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Gastrioceras formosum McCaleb p. 877 figs. Pl 113, figs 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGastrioceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusGastriocerasHyatt 1884
speciesformosum

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.

†Gastrioceras formosum McCaleb 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Morrowan or 323.40000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Gastrioceras formosum (type locality: 43441 43445 43448)