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Beyrichoceratoides inflatus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Beyrichoceratoides inflatus was named by Riley (1996). Its type specimen is Ro 5170, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bellman Quarry, south side, temporary exposure (1979) in a sewer trench, which is in a Chadian marine mudstone in the Hodder Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Beyrichoceratoides inflatus Riley pp. 34 - 35 figs. Plate 4, figures 13-14; Plate 7, figures 10, 12-14; Text-figures 14-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMuensteroceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
genusBeyrichoceratoidesBisat 1924
speciesinflatus

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
No measurements are available
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: Chadian or 346.70000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (England) Beyrichoceratoides inflatus (type locality: 233514)