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Masonoceras kentuckiense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Karagandoceratidae

Taxonomy
Masonoceras kentuckiense was named by Work and Manger (2002). Its type specimen is SUI 95340. Its type locality is Farmers Fauna, basal nancy Member, Borden Formation, Kentucky, which is in an Ivorian marine horizon in the Borden Formation of Kentucky.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Masonoceras kentuckiense Work and Manger pp. 575, 576, 577 figs. 4, 5
2005Masonoceras kentuckiense Work and Mason p. 723 figs. 5.3-5.6, 5.10, 5.11, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyKaragandoceratoideaLibrovich 1957
familyKaragandoceratidae(Librovitch 1957)
genusMasonoceras
specieskentuckiense

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.

Masonoceras kentuckiense Work and Manger 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height511.36.5037.78.8013.2
shell diameter518.811.062.814.721.9
shell inflation50.0010.0010.0010.001-

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: Ivorian or 353.70000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) Masonoceras kentuckiense (type locality: 46581 46582 46583 65684 157662)