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Agathiceras vulgatum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae

Taxonomy
Agathiceras vulgatum was named by Ruzhentsev (1978). Its type specimen is PIN 3740/124 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shor-Bulak-Say River, sample 147/2, Pamir Mountains, which is in an Asselian marine sandstone in the Bazardarian Formation of Tajikistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Agathiceras vulgatum Ruzhentsev p. 38 figs. Pl 3, fig 5
1987Agathiceras vulgatum Zhou p. 137 figs. Pl 2, figs 13-18; pl 3, figs 1-11; text-fig 4
2002Agathiceras vulgatum Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyAgathiceratoideaArthaber 1911
familyAgathiceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusAgathiceras
speciesvulgatum

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.

Agathiceras vulgatum Ruzhentsev 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height211.08.0015.011.54.95
shell diameter218.613.525.719.68.63
shell inflation20.5000.5000.5000.500-

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Tajikistan Agathiceras vulgatum (type locality: 102491 102492 102493 102495 102496)