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Prehoffmannia milleri

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida

Taxonomy
Prehoffmannia milleri was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B.E.G. 214-T-28 (Q-11), east of Caddo, which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Graham Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Prehoffmannia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Prehoffmannia milleri Plummer and Scott p. 360 figs. Pl 37, figs 16, 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
genusPrehoffmannia
speciesmilleri

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.

Prehoffmannia milleri Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height12.50
shell diameter16.30
shell inflation12.30

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Prehoffmannia milleri (type locality: 128582)