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Girtyoceras welleri

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Taxonomy
Girtyoceras welleri was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is WMUC 9619, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moorefield (Weller collection), which is in a Brigantian carbonate limestone in the Moorefield Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Girtyoceras welleri Gordon p. 233 figs. Pl 24, figs 14-16,23-28,33-36; text-fig 64B
1971Girtyoceras welleri Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGirtyocerataceaeWedekind 1918
familyGirtyoceratidaeWedekind 1918
genusGirtyocerasWedekind 1918
specieswelleri

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.

Girtyoceras welleri Gordon 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.70
shell diameter114.2
shell inflation13.30

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: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Arkansas) Girtyoceras welleri (157812 type locality: 158042)