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Stenopoceras inexpectans

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Stenopoceras inexpectans was named by Miller (1945). Its type specimen is USNM 111622 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM702a, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Stenopoceras inexpectans Miller p. 292 figs. Pl 44, figs 5,6
1949Stenopoceras inexpectans Miller and Youngquist p. 75 figs. Pl 6, figs 5,6; pl 26, figs 1-10; pl 40, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyDomatoceratinae()
genusStenopocerasHyatt 1893
speciesinexpectans

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.

Stenopoceras inexpectans Miller 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter134.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Stenopoceras inexpectans (type locality: 43492)