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Paracenoceras prohexagonum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Paracenoceras prohexagonum was named by Spath (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Paracenoceras prohexagonum Spath p. 224 figs. 4a-c
1987Paracenoceras prohexagonum Tinant p. 92 figs. Pl 7, fig 1; text-fig 15
1997Paracenoceras prohexagonum Halder and Bardhan p. 548 fig. 4,5
2019Paracenoceras prohexagonum Jain p. 88 figs. 6-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyParacenoceratidaeSpath 1927
genusParacenocerasSpath 1927
speciesprohexagonumSpath 1935

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height333.625.041.037.08.33
shell diameter359.545.072.065.014.0
shell inflation38.146.0010.09.002.08

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Bathonian or 167.70000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Paracenoceras prohexagonum (48340 48404 48405)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Ethiopia Paracenoceras prohexagonum (197160)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Gujarat) Paracenoceras prohexagonum (98374)