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Gzheloceras faticanum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Gzheloceratidae

Taxonomy
Gzheloceras faticanum was named by Shimanskiy (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 1513/981, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Abulyaisovo, which is in a Kinderscoutian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Gzheloceras faticanum Shimanskiy p. 77 figs. Pl 6, figs 6,7

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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
speciesfaticanum

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 faticanum Shimanskiy 1967
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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: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kinderscoutian or 321.80000 to 321.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3Russian Federation Gzheloceras faticanum (67750 type locality: 166279)