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Liroceras excentricum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus excentricus was named by Eichwald (1857). Its type specimen is PIN 1192/660, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Liroceras excentricum by Shimanskiy (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. lunense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Nautilus excentricus Eichwald p. 210
1967Liroceras excentricum Shimanskiy p. 197 figs. Pl 27, fig 2; text-fig 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusLiroceras
speciesexcentricum(Eichwald 1857)

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.

†Liroceras excentricum Eichwald 1857
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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: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 330.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Russian Federation Liroceras excentricum (166482 166518)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Azerbaijan Nautilus excentricus (232366)