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Zephyroceras kiaense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae

Taxonomy
Zephyroceras kiaense was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971). Its type specimen is PIN 455/37013, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kiya River, sample 5, which is in an Arnsbergian carbonate limestone in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Zephyroceras kiaense Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 305 figs. Pl 34, fig 3,4; text-fig 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGlaphyritidae
subfamilyFayettevilleinae
genusZephyroceras(Kullmann 1962)
specieskiaense

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.

Zephyroceras kiaense Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height219.812.431.521.913.5
shell diameter239.323.865.044.429.1
shell inflation25.162.809.506.154.74

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: Arnsbergian or 326.90000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) Zephyroceras kiaense (166934 type locality: 166935)