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Posttornoceras glenisteri

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Posttornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Posttornoceras glenisteri was named by Petersen (1975). Its type specimen is UWA 61457, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Posttornoceras glenisteri Petersen p. 21 figs. Pl 1, figs 6,7; text-figs 8C, 12A
2002Posttornoceras glenisteri Korn and Klug p. 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornoceratoidea(Arthaber 1911)
familyPosttornoceratidaeBogoslovsky 1962
subfamilyPosttornoceratinaeBogoslovsky 1962
genusPosttornocerasWedekind 1910
speciesglenisteri

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.

Posttornoceras glenisteri Petersen 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height316.616.516.616.60.058
shell diameter327.026.227.427.40.693
shell inflation30.1000.1000.1000.1000.000

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Middle Famennian or 370.60000 to 364.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Australia (Western Australia) Posttornoceras glenisteri (39078)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Australia (Western Australia) Posttornoceras glenisteri (39101 39105)