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Dzhaprakoceras arkansanum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae

Taxonomy
Muensteroceras arkansanum was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 119480, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 9897, White River at Glenn Creek, which is in a Kinderhookian carbonate limestone in the Walls Ferry Formation of Arkansas.

It was recombined as Dzhaprakoceras arkansanum by Ebbighausen et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Muensteroceras arkansanum Gordon p. 177 figs. Pl 17, figs 10-16; text-fig 37
2010Dzhaprakoceras arkansanum Ebbighausen et al. p. 194

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMaxigoniatitidae
subfamilyDzhaprakoceratinae
genusDzhaprakocerasPopov 1965
speciesarkansanum()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height57.482.6019.29.006.33
shell diameter515.15.3037.018.112.1
shell inflation52.021.003.002.500.777

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: Kinderhookian or 358.86000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Arkansas) Muensteroceras arkansanum (157674 type locality: 157675)