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Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras) teicherti

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Sporadoceratidae

Taxonomy
Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras) teicherti was named by Petersen (1975). Its type specimen is UWA 61448, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras) teicherti Petersen p. 40 figs. Pl 5, figs 4-9; text-fig 21C, 22C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPraeglyphioceratoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familySporadoceratidaeMiller and Furnish 1957
subfamilySporadoceratinaeMiller and Furnish 1957
genusSporadocerasHyatt 1884
subgenusSporadocerasHyatt 1884
speciesteicherti

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height326.522.432.725.55.28
shell diameter347.239.058.745.810.0
shell inflation32.292.003.002.000.577

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: base of the Famennian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 372.20000 to 364.70000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Australia (Western Australia) Sporadoceras teicherti (39100 65372)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Australia (Western Australia) Sporadoceras teicherti (39079 39091 39099 65358 65359 65370)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Australia (Western Australia) Sporadoceras teicherti (39080 39101 39106 39111 65112)