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Protactoclymenia parallela

Cephalopoda - Clymeniida - Cyrtoclymeniidae

Taxonomy
Protactoclymenia parallela was named by Zong et al. (2015). Its type specimen is PUM 14018, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is XZ549A, Hebukehe-E section, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Hongguleleng Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Protactoclymenia parallela Zong et al. p. 176 figs. 8a-l, 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderClymeniidaHyatt 1884
suborderCyrtoclymeniina
superfamilyCyrtoclymenioidea()
familyCyrtoclymeniidae
genusProtactoclymeniaWedekind 1908
speciesparallela

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.

Protactoclymenia parallela Zong et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height236.122.059.240.626.3
shell diameter284.254.1131.092.554.4
shell inflation225.216.638.427.515.4

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:52
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:52
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Xinjiang) Protactoclymenia parallela (type locality: 172424 172426 172435 172440)