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Surenites laxilectus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Reticuloceratidae

Taxonomy
Surenites laxilectus was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1978). Its type specimen is PIN 455/42049, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 3.5 km E of Abulyaisova, Sample 1, Southern Urals, Bashkortostan, which is in a Kinderscoutian offshore shelf limestone in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Surenites laxilectus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 231 figs. Pl 23, figs 5-8; text-fig 68

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyReticuloceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
subfamilySurenitinae(Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1975)
genusSurenitesRuzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1975
specieslaxilectus

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.

Surenites laxilectus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height44.972.609.205.202.90
shell diameter417.010.526.317.46.65
shell inflation48.426.2011.08.602.02

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: Kinderscoutian or 321.80000 to 321.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3Russian Federation Surenites laxilectus (type locality: 67733)