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Girtyoceras modestum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Taxonomy
Girtyoceras modestum was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971). Its type specimen is PIN 455/6458, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 3, which is in a Brigantian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Girtyoceras modestum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 172 figs. Pl 6, figs 2-9; text-fig 24

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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
speciesmodestum

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 modestum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1114.86.2031.815.27.98
shell diameter1127.814.855.027.312.6
shell inflation113.311.906.003.101.28

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: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Pendleian or 335.90000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Kazakhstan Girtyoceras modestum (166868 type locality: 166869 166871 166872)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Girtyoceras modestum (166952)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan Girtyoceras modestum (166865 166873 166876 166877 166878 166879 166881 166885 166886 166888 166889 166890 166891 166892 166893 166894 166895 166962)