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Paryphoceras crassum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Prograyiceras crassum was named by Collignon (1959). Its type specimen is UBGD.010335 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Second Butte témoin de Miary (Ankazoabo), which is in an Oxfordian marine marl/sandstone in Madagascar.

It was recombined as Paryphoceras crassum by Pandey et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Prograyiceras crassum Collignon pp. Pl. 84 fig. 335
2013Paryphoceras crassum Pandey et al. p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyMayaitinae(Spath 1928)
genusParyphoceras
speciescrassum()

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.

†Paryphoceras crassum Collignon 1959
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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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 157.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Prograyiceras crassum (type locality: 234263)