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Pintoceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Neodimorphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pintoceras was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). Its type is Pintoceras postvenatum.

It was assigned to Neodimorphoceratidae by Korn (2006).

Species
P. postvenatum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Pintoceras Plummer and Scott p. 245
2006Pintoceras Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeodimorphoceratoidea()
familyNeodimorphoceratidae
genusPintoceras

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. †Pintoceras Plummer and Scott 1937
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†Pintoceras postvenatum Plummer and Scott 1937
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: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kasimovian or 307.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) P. postvenatum (128642)