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Submeekoceras schalteggeri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae

Taxonomy
Arctoceras schalteggeri was named by Brühwiler and Bucher (2011). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 28563 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nammal Gorge Nam802, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Submeekoceras schalteggeri by Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Arctoceras schalteggeri Brühwiler and Bucher figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2
2025Submeekoceras schalteggeri Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyArctoceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusSubmeekoceras
speciesschalteggeri()

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.

Submeekoceras schalteggeri Brühwiler and Bucher 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height225.621.630.326.06.15
shell diameter257.447.769.058.415.1
shell inflation214.011.017.914.44.88

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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Pakistan Arctoceras schalteggeri (type locality: 111556)