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Gzheloceras uralense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Gzheloceratidae

Taxonomy
Gzheloceras uralense was named by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954). Its type specimen is PIN 626/28 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhil-Tau Hill, Aktyubinsk Region, which is in an Artinskian marine dolomite in the Baigendzhi Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Gzheloceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Gzheloceras uralense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 78 figs. Pl 7, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyGzheloceratidae
genusGzheloceras
speciesuralense

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.

†Gzheloceras uralense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.2
shell diameter136.0
shell inflation113.3

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Kazakhstan Gzheloceras uralense (type locality: 102148)