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Peripetoceras ozarkense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Peripetoceras ozarkense was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 119704, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 3641A green, south of Morrow, which is in a Brigantian carbonate limestone in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Peripetoceras ozarkense Gordon p. 160 figs. Pl 15, figs 7,8; text-fig 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusPeripetoceras
speciesozarkense

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.

Peripetoceras ozarkense Gordon 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height228.528.029.028.50.707
shell diameter258.557.060.058.52.12
shell inflation26.486.007.006.500.707

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 326.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4USA (Arkansas) Peripetoceras ozarkense (type locality: 76143)