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Lophoceras rossicum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae

Taxonomy
Lophoceras rossicum was named by Shimansky (1957). Its type specimen is PIN 1192/2, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kossovskiy quarry, which is in a Brigantian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Lophoceras rossicum Shimansky p. 38 figs. Pl 2, 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)
familyKoninckioceratidaeHyatt in Zittel 1900
genusLophocerasHyatt 1893
speciesrossicumShimansky 1957

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.

Lophoceras rossicum Shimansky 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height135.0
shell diameter185.0
shell inflation130.0

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: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Pendleian or 335.90000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Russian Federation Lophoceras rossicum (type locality: 166354)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Russian Federation Lophoceras rossicum (166306)