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Parametacoceras heteromorphum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Gzheloceratidae

Taxonomy
Parametacoceras heteromorphum was named by Shimanskiy (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 1192/487, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shchurovo, River Oka, which is in a Podolskian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Parametacoceras heteromorphum Shimanskiy p. 87 figs. Pl 8, figs 4,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyGzheloceratidae
genusParametacoceras
speciesheteromorphum

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.

Parametacoceras heteromorphum Shimanskiy 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height311.511.012.011.50.500
shell diameter330.229.031.030.51.04
shell inflation311.511.012.011.50.500

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: Podolskian or 311.45000 to 309.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Podolskian311.45 - 309.0Russian Federation Parametacoceras heteromorphum (type locality: 49968)