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Radioceras timorense

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae

Taxonomy
Meekoceras timorense was named by Wanner (1911). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kapan, Timor, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Cephalopod Limestone Formation of Indonesia.

It was recombined as Koninckites timorensis by Spath (1934), Renz and Renz (1948); it was recombined as Clypeoceras timorense by Shigeta and Zakharov (2009); it was recombined as Radioceras timorense by Ware et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Meekoceras timorense Wanner
1922Meekoceras timorense Welter
1934Koninckites timorensis Spath
1948Koninckites timorensis Renz and Renz p. 60
2009Clypeoceras timorense Shigeta and Zakharov p. 126 figs. 115-124
2018Radioceras timorense Ware et al. p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNoritoidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyParanoritidaeSpath 1930
genusRadiocerasWaterhouse 1996
speciestimorense(Wanner 1911)

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.

Radioceras timorense Wanner 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2221.87.9077.323.416.2
shell diameter2240.714.2142.044.531.9
shell inflation224.371.9019.04.754.81

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Indonesia (Timor) Meekoceras timorense (204266)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Indonesia Meekoceras timorense (type locality: 204263)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation Clypeoceras timorense (90220 90221 90222 168039)