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Umbosporadoceras krusati

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Sporadoceratidae

Taxonomy
Umbosporadoceras krusati was named by Becker (2002). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.3502, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UD II-G, Erfourd, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone/shale in Morocco. It is the type species of Umbosporadoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Umbosporadoceras krusati Becker p. 182 figs. Fig. 7e, Pl. 2:Figs 5-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPraeglyphioceratoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familySporadoceratidaeMiller and Furnish 1957
subfamilySporadoceratinaeMiller and Furnish 1957
genusUmbosporadoceras
specieskrusati

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.

Umbosporadoceras krusati Becker 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height124.0
shell diameter144.1
shell inflation13.70

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: Early/Lower Famennian or 376.10000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Morocco Umbosporadoceras krusati (type locality: 171728)