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Aristoceras appressum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Thalassoceratidae

Taxonomy
Aristoceras appressum was named by Ruzhentsev (1950). Its type specimen is PIN 320/1170, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Aristoceras appressum Ruzhentsev p. 102 figs. Pl 5, figs 8-12; text-fig 35b, 36
2002Aristoceras appressum 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
speciesappressum

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 appressum Ruzhentsev 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height37.725.0010.09.202.69
shell diameter312.58.2016.014.84.20
shell inflation30.0010.0010.0010.001-

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Sakmarian or 303.70000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Russian Federation Aristoceras appressum (172256 172261 172264 172265 172270)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Kazakhstan Aristoceras appressum (172278 172279 172281)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Aristoceras appressum (106156)