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Fayettevillea occidentalis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae

Taxonomy
Fayettevillea occidentalis was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971). Its type specimen is PIN 455/33766, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sholak-Say Canyon, Sample 2, Southern Urals, Aktyubin Region, which is in an Arnsbergian offshore shelf carbonate in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Fayettevillea occidentalis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 341 figs. Pl 40, figs 4-6; text-fig 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGlaphyritidae
subfamilyFayettevilleinae
genusFayettevilleaGordon 1960
speciesoccidentalis

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.

Fayettevillea occidentalis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height76.023.2012.05.103.54
shell diameter718.611.538.415.610.3
shell inflation78.104.3017.66.804.53

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: Arnsbergian or 326.90000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) Fayettevillea occidentalis (166934 166935 166946 166947)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Fayettevillea occidentalis (166950)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Kazakhstan Fayettevillea occidentalis (166366 type locality: 166863)