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Nuculoceras kazakhstanicum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cravenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nuculoceras kazakhstanicum was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971). Its type specimen is PIN 455/38140, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sholak-Say Canyon, Sample 2, Southern Urals, Aktyubin Region, which is in an Arnsbergian offshore shelf carbonate in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Nuculoceras kazakhstanicum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 310 figs. Pl 34, figs 6,7; pl 35, fig 1; text-fig 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea(Zittel 1884)
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoglyphioceratoidea(Plummer and Scott 1937)
familyCravenoceratidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyNuculoceratinae(Ruzhencev 1957)
genusNuculocerasBisat 1924
specieskazakhstanicum

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.

Nuculoceras kazakhstanicum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.328.2010.69.401.70
shell diameter219.016.721.619.13.46
shell inflation23.102.404.003.201.13

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: Arnsbergian or 326.40000 to 318.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian326.4 - 318.1Kazakhstan Nuculoceras kazakhstanicum (type locality: 166863)