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Bisatoceras greenei

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Bisatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Bisatoceras greenei was named by Miller and Owen (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West Missouri Power Company strip pit, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Cherokee Formation of Missouri.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Bisatoceras greenei Miller and Owen p. 155 figs. Pl 20, figs 1-7; text-fig 6
1964Bisatoceras greenei Gordon, Jr. p. A22 figs. Plate 4, figures 10-13 ; text figure 11
1975Bisatoceras greenei Nassichuk p. 99

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyThalassoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyBisatoceratidaeMiller and Furnish 1957
genusBisatoceras
speciesgreenei

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.

Bisatoceras greenei Miller and Owen 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Bisatoceras greenei (170341 170342 170349 type locality: 170359)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Bisatoceras greenei (170667)