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Rhymmoceras vermiculatum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Rhymmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Rhymmoceras vermiculatum was named by Ruzhentsev (1958). Its type specimen is PIN 455/425, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 27, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Rhymmoceras vermiculatum Ruzhentsev p. 293 figs. 1a-e, 2a
1971Rhymmoceras vermiculatum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 337 figs. Pl 39, figs 1-3; text-fig 87c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoglyphioceratoidea(Plummer and Scott 1937)
familyRhymmoceratidae
genusRhymmocerasRuzhencev 1958
speciesvermiculatumRuzhentsev 1958

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.

Rhymmoceras vermiculatum Ruzhentsev 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height64.213.306.004.301.00
shell diameter616.512.822.817.23.78
shell inflation68.866.4011.79.602.07

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 330.30000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan Rhymmoceras vermiculatum (8421 type locality: 166894)