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Homoceras asselicum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Homoceratidae

Taxonomy
Homoceras asselicum was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1978). Its type specimen is PIN 455/40110, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Assel' River, Sample 1, Southern Urals, Bashkortostan, which is in an Alportian offshore shelf limestone in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Homoceras asselicum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 204 figs. Pl 17, fig 10; text-fig 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyHomoceratidaeSpath 1934
subfamilyHomoceratinaeSpath 1934
genusHomoceras
speciesasselicum

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.

Homoceras asselicum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height112.8
shell diameter125.7
shell inflation16.00

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Alportian or 322.80000 to 321.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alportian322.8 - 321.8Russian Federation Homoceras asselicum (type locality: 67743)