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Ungusporadoceras unguiforme

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Sporadoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ungusporadoceras unguiforme was named by Korn et al. (2015). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.25510.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Madène el Mrakib, bed P1 (lower float), which is in a Famennian marine limestone in Morocco. It is the type species of Ungusporadoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Ungusporadoceras unguiforme Korn et al. p. 65 fig. 19,20

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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
subfamilyXenosporadoceratinaeKorn 2002
genusUngusporadoceras
speciesunguiforme

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.

Ungusporadoceras unguiforme 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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Famennian or 370.60000 to 364.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Morocco Ungusporadoceras unguiforme (172954 type locality: 172955 172968 172970 172971)