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Sporadoceras conforme

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Sporadoceratidae

Taxonomy
Sporadoceras conforme was named by Korn et al. (2015). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.25507, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jebel Ouaoufilal, Prionoceras jeranense zone, which is in a Famennian marine shale in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Sporadoceras conforme Korn et al. p. 60 fig. 15,16

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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
genusSporadocerasHyatt 1884
speciesconforme

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.

†Sporadoceras conforme Korn et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Middle Famennian or 368.50000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Morocco Sporadoceras conforme (type locality: 172965 172968 172969)