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Pararhiphaeoceras aktastense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Rhiphaeoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pararhiphaeoceras aktastense was named by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954). Its type specimen is PIN 626/13, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aktasty River, eastern limestone ridge, Aktastinian, Aktyubinsk Region, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Pararhiphaeoceras aktastense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 109 figs. Pl 10, fig 6
2020Pararhiphaeoceras aktastense Shchedukhin and Leonova p. 1136 figs. Pl 12, fig 2; text-fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyRhiphaeoceratidae
genusPararhiphaeoceras
speciesaktastense

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.

Pararhiphaeoceras aktastense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height215.813.218.916.04.03
shell diameter244.735.256.846.015.3
shell inflation216.413.619.716.64.31

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Kazakhstan Pararhiphaeoceras aktastense (type locality: 116788)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Pararhiphaeoceras aktastense (217205)