Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Asymptoceras pyxis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aipoceratidae

Taxonomy
Asymptoceras pyxis was named by Shimanskiy (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 1513/828, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Asymptoceras pyxis Shimanskiy p. 69 figs. Pl 5, fig 7

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyAipoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyAipoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusAsymptocerasRyckholt 1852
speciespyxis

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.

Asymptoceras pyxis Shimanskiy 1967
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height123.0
shell diameter142.0
shell inflation19.00

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: Pendleian or 326.40000 to 318.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian326.4 - 318.1Kazakhstan Asymptoceras pyxis (8421)