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Scyphoceras angulatum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Scyphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Scyphoceras angulatum was named by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954). Its type specimen is PIN 626/20 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aktasty River, western limestone ridge, Baigendzhinian, Aktyubinsk Region, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in the Baigendzhin Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Scyphoceras angulatum Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 137 figs. Pl 13, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyAipoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyScyphoceratidae
genusScyphoceras
speciesangulatum

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.

Scyphoceras angulatum Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Scyphoceras angulatum (type locality: 116792)