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Virginoceras

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Virginoceras was named by Ruzhencev (1960). Its type is Neomanticoceras erraticum. It is the type genus of Virginoceratidae.

It was assigned to Virginoceratidae by Yatskov (1990); and to Virginoceratinae by Korn and Klug (2002) and Korn (2006).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Virginoceras Ruzhencev
1990Virginoceras Yatskov p. 42
2002Virginoceras Korn and Klug p. 111
2006Virginoceras Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyVirginoceratinae()
genusVirginocerasRuzhencev 1960

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.

G. †Virginoceras Ruzhencev 1960
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Virginoceras erraticum Glenister 1958
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: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.50000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) Neomanticoceras erraticum (39066)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) Neomanticoceras erraticum (39057 170972 170973 170975)