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Lispoceras orbis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Lispoceras orbis was named by Korn et al. (2022). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.30379.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TIM-C7, Sebkha de Timimoun, which is in a Chadian carbonate limestone in the Argiles de Timimoun Inférieur Formation of Algeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Lispoceras orbis Korn et al. p. 111 figs. 4-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTrigonoceratidae
genusLispocerasHyatt 1893
speciesorbis

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.

Lispoceras orbis Korn et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height427.021.432.327.74.51
shell diameter468.455.083.669.112.0
shell inflation426.221.533.025.94.91

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Chadian or 346.70000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Algeria Lispoceras orbis (type locality: 224275)