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Pamirites alter

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Vidrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Prostacheoceras alter was named by Leonova (1989). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/75, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kur-Istyk River, Kochusu suite, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kochusu Formation of Tajikistan.

It was recombined as Pamirites alter by Leonova (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Prostacheoceras alter Leonova
1992Prostacheoceras alter Leonova p. 166 figs. Pl 32, fig 18
2002Prostacheoceras alter Leonova
2004Prostacheoceras alter Zhou and Liengjarern p. 332 figs. 11.1-11.4,15.1
2018Pamirites alter Leonova p. 240

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCycloloboidea(Zittel 1895)
familyVidrioceratidae
subfamilyVidrioceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusPamiritesToumansky 1938
speciesalter()

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.

†Pamirites alter Leonova 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height49.817.7012.510.13.39
shell diameter423.315.638.122.49.64
shell inflation43.40--3.40-

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: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Tajikistan Prostacheoceras alter (130250)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Tajikistan Prostacheoceras alter (type locality: 177981)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Thailand Prostacheoceras alter (61737)