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Girtyoceras glabrum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Taxonomy
Girtyoceras glabrum was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971). Its type specimen is PIN 455/6388, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 16, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Girtyoceras glabrum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 171 figs. Pl 5, figs 9-11; text-fig 23c

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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
speciesglabrum

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 glabrum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height720.89.6040.523.39.97
shell diameter737.518.373.041.317.6
shell inflation74.032.506.204.201.21

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: Pendleian or 330.90000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Girtyoceras glabrum (166900 166944)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Kazakhstan Girtyoceras glabrum (166879 type locality: 166882 166884 166885)