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Aricoceras meridionale

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae

Taxonomy
Adrianites (Neocrimites) meridionalis was named by Teichert and Fletcher (1943). Its type specimen is AM F35732 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maitland Colliery Company Shaft, Farley, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Elderslie Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Neocrimites meridionalis by Glenister and Furnish (1961); it was recombined as Aricoceras meridionale by Leonova (2002) and Leonova and Boiko (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Adrianites (Neocrimites) meridionalis Teichert and Fletcher p. 161 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-4; text-fig 3
1961Neocrimites meridionalis Glenister and Furnish p. 728 figs. Pl 86, figs 6-9; text-fig 16A
2002Aricoceras meridionale Leonova
2015Aricoceras meridionale Leonova and Boiko p. 590

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyAdrianitoidea(Schindewolf 1931)
familyAdrianitidaeSchindewolf 1931
subfamilyAdrianitinaeSchindewolf 1931
genusAricoceras
speciesmeridionale()

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.

Aricoceras meridionale Teichert and Fletcher 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height215.715.516.015.80.354
shell diameter232.831.134.632.92.47
shell inflation25.023.607.005.302.40

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 Artinskian to the top of the Roadian or 290.10000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Queensland) Neocrimites meridionalis (103985)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Queensland) Neocrimites meridionalis (101541)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) Adrianites meridionalis (type locality: 108756)