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Volgoceratoides schilovkensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Volgoceratoides schilovkensis was named by Mikhailova and Baraboshkin (2002). Its type specimen is PIN 2478/3390, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shilovka village (volgensis zone, PIN collection), which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Volgoceratoides.

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by M. Clapham on 2016-03-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Volgoceratoides schilovkensis Mikhailova and Baraboshkin p. 544 figs. Pl 1, figs 4-6,9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
genusVolgoceratoides
speciesschilovkensis

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.

Volgoceratoides schilovkensis Mikhailova and Baraboshkin 2002
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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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Russian Federation (saratov) Volgoceratoides schilovkensis (177040)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Russian Federation Volgoceratoides schilovkensis (type locality: 177041 177042)