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Phaneroceras kesslerense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudoparalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Gastrioceras kesslerense was named by Mather (1915).

It was recombined as Pseudoparalegoceras kesslerense by McCaleb (1963); it was recombined as Pseudoparalegoceras (Phaneroceras) kesslerense by Gordon (1964); it was recombined as Phaneroceras kesslerense by Nassichuk (1975).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Gastrioceras kesslerense Mather p. 242 figs. Pl 16, figs 10-10b
1948Pseudoparalegoceras williamsi Miller and Downs p. 677 figs. Pl 101, fig 5; pl 102, figs 1-5; pl 103, figs 6-9; text-fig 2
1963Pseudoparalegoceras kesslerense McCaleb p. 873 figs. Pl 112, figs 5-9
1964Pseudoparalegoceras (Phaneroceras) kesslerense Gordon p. 265 figs. Pl 29, figs 5-17; text-fig 84
1975Phaneroceras kesslerense Nassichuk p. 111

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilySchistoceratoidea(Schmidt 1929)
familyPseudoparalegoceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
genusPhaneroceras
specieskesslerense(Mather 1915)

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.

†Phaneroceras kesslerense Mather 1915
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Invalid names: Pseudoparalegoceras williamsi Miller and Downs 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height214.16.0033.019.519.1
shell diameter234.615.080.047.546.0
shell inflation212.65.5029.017.216.6

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: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Moscovian or 323.40000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Pseudoparalegoceras kesslerense (43402 43409 43412 43441 43442 43443 43445 43446 43447 43448 43449)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2USA (Arkansas) Pseudoparalegoceras kesslerense (157833 160503)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arkansas) Pseudoparalegoceras kesslerense (128575 157929 158003 158004 158005 158007 158008 158009 158010 158011 158013 158014 170866) Pseudoparalegoceras williamsi (157834)