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Popanoceras ziyunense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Popanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Popanoceras ziyunense was named by Zhou (2017). Its type specimen is NIGP 93734, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shaiwa section, bed 12, which is in a Kungurian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Sidazhai Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Popanoceras ziyunense Zhou p. 81 figs. 52.1-52.10, 53.3-53.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPopanoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPopanoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusPopanocerasHyatt 1884
speciesziyunense

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.

Popanoceras ziyunense Zhou 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height315.514.016.616.01.36
shell diameter332.329.234.533.42.80
shell inflation35.665.006.555.550.786

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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Guizhou) Popanoceras ziyunense (type locality: 185574)