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Glaphyrites uralensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae

Taxonomy
Glaphyrites uralensis was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971). Its type specimen is PIN 455/36765, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kiya River, sample 4, which is in an Arnsbergian carbonate limestone in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Glaphyrites uralensis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 290 figs. Pl 31, figs 5-7; text-fig 70b, 70a-c
1978Glaphyrites uralensis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 149 figs. Pl 4, fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGlaphyritidae
subfamilyGlaphyritinae
genusGlaphyritesRuzhencev 1936
speciesuralensis

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.

Glaphyrites uralensis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height611.34.3029.612.28.68
shell diameter630.611.882.032.424.3
shell inflation611.44.8030.510.19.18

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: base of the Arnsbergian to the top of the Alportian or 326.90000 to 321.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Glaphyrites uralensis (166954)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Kazakhstan Glaphyrites uralensis (166863)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) Glaphyrites uralensis (type locality: 166934)
Chokierian323.6 - 322.8Kazakhstan Glaphyrites uralensis (67718)
Alportian322.8 - 321.8Russian Federation Glaphyrites uralensis (67719)