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Somoholites miharanoroensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Somoholitidae

Taxonomy
Somoholites miharanoroensis was named by Ehiro et al. (2014). Its type specimen is IGPS 111394, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Miharanoro NSM PCL 15-53-1, Tojo Town, Hiroshima Prefecture, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Uyamanoro Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Somoholites miharanoroensis Ehiro et al. p. 57 figs. 4.6-4.9
2022Somoholites miharanoroensis Leonova et al. p. 615

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyShumarditoidea(Plummer and Scott 1937)
familySomoholitidaeRuzhencev 1938
genusSomoholitesRuzhencev 1938
speciesmiharanoroensis

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.

Somoholites miharanoroensis Ehiro et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height310.67.7014.011.03.15
shell diameter327.921.234.030.06.55
shell inflation39.597.8011.310.01.77

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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Japan Somoholites miharanoroensis (type locality: 116014)