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Vidrioceras ellipticum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Vidrioceras ellipticum was named by Ehiro and Ozawa (2020). Its type specimen is IGPS 112289, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern part of Miharanoro, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Uyamanoro Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Vidrioceras ellipticum Ehiro and Ozawa p. 305 figs. 4.3a-e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCycloloboidea(Zittel 1895)
familyVidrioceratidae
subfamilyVidrioceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusVidrioceras()
speciesellipticum

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.

Vidrioceras ellipticum Ehiro and Ozawa 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height19.00
shell diameter121.0
shell inflation13.50

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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Japan Vidrioceras ellipticum (type locality: 214599)