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Lophoceras eichwaldi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae

Taxonomy
Lophoceras eichwaldi was named by Shimanskiy (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 1192/247, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zaborie quarry, Serpukhov, which is in a Pendleian marine horizon in the Steshev Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Lophoceras eichwaldi Shimanskiy p. 127 figs. Pl 14, fig 4; pl 16, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyKoninckioceratidaeHyatt in Zittel 1900
genusLophocerasHyatt 1893
specieseichwaldi

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.

Lophoceras eichwaldi Shimanskiy 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height140.0
shell diameter185.0
shell inflation125.0

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 330.90000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Russian Federation Lophoceras eichwaldi (type locality: 166306)