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Girtyoceras latum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Taxonomy
Girtyoceras latum was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971). Its type specimen is PIN 455/6309, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 2, which is in a Brigantian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Girtyoceras latum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 170 figs. Pl 5, figs 6-8; text-fig 23a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGirtyocerataceaeWedekind 1918
familyGirtyoceratidaeWedekind 1918
genusGirtyocerasWedekind 1918
specieslatum

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.

Girtyoceras latum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height39.814.5023.39.009.82
shell diameter319.611.040.017.015.3
shell inflation33.423.004.303.100.723

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: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Pendleian or 336.00000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Kazakhstan Girtyoceras latum (type locality: 166868 166869 166870)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Kazakhstan Girtyoceras latum (166873 166874 166875 166876)