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Gzheloceras memorandum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Gzheloceratidae

Taxonomy
Gzheloceras memorandum was named by Shimanskiy (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 1193/170, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beleuty River, Sholakskaya syncline, which is in a Serpukhovian marine horizon in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Gzheloceras memorandum Shimanskiy p. 76 figs. Pl 6, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyGzheloceratidae
genusGzheloceras
speciesmemorandum

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.

Gzheloceras memorandum Shimanskiy 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.00
shell diameter121.0
shell inflation19.00

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Serpukhovian or 330.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Kazakhstan Gzheloceras memorandum (type locality: 166286 166287 166288)