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Peripetoceras bridgeportense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Peripetoceras bridgeportense was named by Tucker and Mapes (1978). Its type specimen is SUI42484. Its type locality is Locality 2, Lake Bridgeport Shale, Wise Co., TX, which is in a Missourian marine shale in the Wolf Mountain Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Peripetoceras bridgeportense Tucker and Mapes p. 598

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusPeripetoceras
speciesbridgeportense

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.

†Peripetoceras bridgeportense Tucker and Mapes 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Virgilian or 306.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Peripetoceras bridgeportense (type locality: 49987 49988)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Peripetoceras bridgeportense (217893 217903 217905 220414)