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Aristoceras chkalovi

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Thalassoceratidae

Taxonomy
Aristoceras chkalovi was named by Ruzhentsev (1940). Its type specimen is PIN 320/786, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Aristoceras.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Aristoceras chkalovi Ruzhentsev p. 526 figs. 1-3
1950Aristoceras chkalovi Ruzhentsev p. 100 figs. Pl 5, figs 2-7; text-fig 33, 35a
2002Aristoceras chkalovi Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyThalassoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyThalassoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusAristocerasRuzhencev 1950
specieschkaloviRuzhentsev 1940

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.

Aristoceras chkalovi Ruzhentsev 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height410.62.8024.014.79.63
shell diameter418.34.9040.825.116.2
shell inflation40.0010.0010.0010.001-

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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Russian Federation Aristoceras chkalovi (172255 172257 172258 172259 172260 172292 172364 172365)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Kazakhstan Aristoceras chkalovi (172277 172366)