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Schistoceras missouriense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae

Taxonomy

Goniatites missouriensis was named by Miller and Faber (1892).

It was recombined as Schistoceras missouriense by Smith (1903) and Plummer and Scott (1937).

Synonyms

Schistoceras smithi was named by Böse (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is About 2 miles south of Gap Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kasimovian marine horizon in the Gaptank Formation of Texas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Schistoceras missouriense by Miller and Furnish (1940).
Schistoceras diversecostatum was named by Böse (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wolf Camp, Glass Mountains, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Gaptank Formation of Texas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Schistoceras missouriense by Miller and Furnish (1940).
Goniatites fultonensis was named by Miller and Gurley (1896).

It was recombined as Schistoceras fultonense by Smith (1903); it was synonymized subjectively with Schistoceras missouriense by Plummer and Scott (1937).
Schistoceras hyatti was named by Smith (1903).

It was synonymized subjectively with Schistoceras missouriense by Plummer and Scott (1937).
Metaschistoceras heilprini was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B.E.G. 30-T-9 (H-6), Baird, Callahan County, which is in an Artinskian coastal siliciclastic in the Belle Plains Formation of Texas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Schistoceras missouriense by Miller and Furnish (1940).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1892	Goniatites missouriensis Miller and Faber
1896	Goniatites fultonensis Miller and Gurley p. 39 figs. Pl 4, figs 15-17
1903	Schistoceras fultonense Smith p. 106 figs. Pl 16, figs 15-17
1903	Schistoceras hyatti Smith p. 108 figs. Pl 20, figs 1-8; pl 21, figs 10-13
1903	Schistoceras missouriense Smith p. 110 figs. Pl 8, fig 1
1919	Schistoceras smithi Böse p. 93 figs. Pl 3, figs 9-16
1919	Schistoceras diversecostatum Böse p. 96 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-36
1937	Schistoceras missouriense Plummer and Scott p. 202 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-15; pl 20, fig 11; text-fig 46
1937	Schistoceras smithi Plummer and Scott p. 205 figs. Pl 18, figs 1-7; pl 41, figs 6-8
1937	Schistoceras diversecostatum Plummer and Scott p. 206 figs. Pl 20, figs 1-10
1937	Metaschistoceras heilprini Plummer and Scott p. 256 figs. Pl 41, figs 1-5; text-figs 52, 54

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Goniatitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Goniatitina	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Schistoceratoidea	(Schmidt 1929)
family	Schistoceratidae	Schmidt 1929
genus	Schistoceras	Hyatt 1884
species	missouriense	(Miller and Faber 1892)

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.

†Schistoceras missouriense Miller and Faber 1892

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Invalid names: Goniatites fultonensis Miller and Gurley 1896 [synonym], Metaschistoceras heilprini Plummer and Scott 1937 [synonym], Schistoceras diversecostatum Böse 1919 [synonym], Schistoceras hyatti Smith 1903 [synonym], Schistoceras smithi Böse 1919 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available