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Schistoceras unicum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae

Taxonomy
Schistoceras unicum was named by Miller and Owen (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Strip pits south of Collinsville, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in the Coffeyville Formation of Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Schistoceras unicum Miller and Owen p. 420 figs. Pl 52, figs 16,17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilySchistoceratoidea(Schmidt 1929)
familySchistoceratidaeSchmidt 1929
genusSchistocerasHyatt 1884
speciesunicum

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.

†Schistoceras unicum Miller and Owen 1937
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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: Kasimovian or 307.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Schistoceras unicum (type locality: 170338)