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Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras) biferum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Sporadoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites biferus was named by Phillips (1841).

It was recombined as Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras) biferum by Petersen (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Goniatites biferus Phillips p. 120 figs. Pl 49, fig 230
1975Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras) biferum Petersen p. 39 figs. 21A, 22F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPraeglyphioceratoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familySporadoceratidaeMiller and Furnish 1957
subfamilySporadoceratinaeMiller and Furnish 1957
genusSporadocerasHyatt 1884
subgenusSporadocerasHyatt 1884
speciesbiferum(Phillips 1841)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height315.110.022.315.46.17
shell diameter325.116.137.026.610.5
shell inflation31.261.002.001.000.577

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: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 372.15000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Australia (Western Australia) Sporadoceras biferum (39093 65362)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Kazakhstan Sporadoceras biferum (172154 172155)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86China (Nei Mongol) Sporadoceras biferum (3957)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) Sporadoceras biferum (39072 39079 39091 39099 65103 65356)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Kazakhstan Sporadoceras biferum (172156)