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Hemiliroceras zhiltauense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Hemiliroceras zhiltauense was named by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954). Its type specimen is PIN 626/47 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Hemiliroceras zhiltauense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 127 figs. Pl 12, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusHemiliroceras
specieszhiltauense

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.

†Hemiliroceras zhiltauense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height118.7
shell diameter139.3
shell inflation111.0

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: 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 Hemiliroceras zhiltauense (type locality: 102148)