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Anarcestes praecursor

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites praecursor was named by Frech (1897).

It was recombined as Anarcestes praecursor by Bogoslovsky (1969) and Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Goniatites praecursor Frech
1969Anarcestes praecursor Bogoslovsky p. 154 figs. Pl 5, fig 1
2002Anarcestes praecursor Korn and Klug p. 129

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAnarcestinaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyAnarcestaceaeSteinmann 1890
familyAnarcestidaeSteinmann 1890
genusAnarcestesMojsisovics 1882
speciespraecursor(Frech 1897)

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.

Anarcestes praecursor Frech 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height25.374.506.405.451.34
shell diameter215.112.718.015.33.75
shell inflation25.024.206.005.101.27

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 402.50000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Kazakhstan Anarcestes praecursor (172082 172083)