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Gyrophioceras mineralense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae

Taxonomy
Paracaloceras (Gyrophioceras) mineralense was named by Taylor (1998). Its type specimen is NWMNH 25035, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is New York Canyon, Shoshone Mountains (B. oregonensis assemblage), which is in an Angulata marine limestone in the Sunrise Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Gyrophioceras mineralense by Longridge et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Paracaloceras (Gyrophioceras) mineralense Taylor p. 490 figs. 21.3-21.6
2008Gyrophioceras mineralense Longridge et al. p. 390 figs. Pl 2, figs 23,24; text-fig 9Y

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyArietitidaeHyatt 1875
subfamilyArietitinaeHyatt 1875
genusGyrophioceras
speciesmineralense()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.50
shell diameter134.3
shell inflation120.6

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Angulata or 201.30000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.3 - 196.5USA (Oregon) Paracaloceras mineralense (157506)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) Gyrophioceras mineralense (157385)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5USA (Nevada) Paracaloceras mineralense (157511)