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Wocklumeria sphaeroides
Taxonomy
Goniatites sphaeroides was named by Richter (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bohlen near Saalfeld, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Gleitsch Formation of Germany.
It was recombined as Wocklumeria sphaeroides by Bogoslovsky (1981), Korn (1999), Becker (2000).
It was recombined as Wocklumeria sphaeroides by Bogoslovsky (1981), Korn (1999), Becker (2000).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1848 | Goniatites sphaeroides Richter |
| 1918 | Wocklumeria denckmanni Wedekind |
| 1981 | Wocklumeria sphaeroides Bogoslovsky p. 69 figs. Pl 7, figs 5,6; text-fig 22a, 23, 24 |
| 1999 | Wocklumeria sphaeroides Korn figs. Pl 3, fig 3 |
| 2000 | Wocklumeria sphaeroides Becker p. 61 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-10; text-figs 8e-f, 9 |
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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.
†Wocklumeria sphaeroides Richter 1848
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†Wocklumeria sphaeroides aperta Schindewolf 1937
Invalid names: Wocklumeria denckmanni Wedekind 1918 [synonym]
†Wocklumeria sphaeroides plana Schindewolf 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 11.0 | 7.20 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 2.92 | |
| shell diameter | 5 | 35.1 | 30.0 | 41.0 | 34.5 | 4.11 | |
| shell inflation | 5 | 12.4 | 9.20 | 17.0 | 12.0 | 3.23 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma
Collections (41 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Famennian | China | Wocklumeria sphaeroides (162317) | |
| Famennian | Germany | Wocklumeria sphaeroides (38647) | |
| Famennian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Wocklumeria sphaeroides (38643 38657) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | United Kingdom (England) | Wocklumeria sphaeroides (234932) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Germany | Goniatites sphaeroides (172580) Wocklumeria denckmanni (172526) Wocklumeria plana (172517) Wocklumeria sphaeroides (170791 172504 172505 172506 172507 172508 172509 172510 172512 172514 172516 172518 172525 172527 172529 172533 172536 172538 172539 172540 172544 172545 172546 172547 172581) Wocklumeria sphaeroides, Wocklumeria plana (172528) Wocklumeria sphaeroides, Wocklumeria plana, Wocklumeria aperta (172511 172515) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | China (Guizhou) | Wocklumeria sphaeroides (3954) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Germany (Sauerland) | Wocklumeria sphaeroides (172534) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Morocco | Wocklumeria sphaeroides (172582) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Austria | Wocklumeria sphaeroides (38603) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Kazakhstan | Wocklumeria sphaeroides (189992) |