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Werneroceras carinatum

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Werneroceratidae

Taxonomy
Werneroceras carinata was named by Petter (1959) [Werneroceras ruppachense var. carinata].

It was recombined as Werneroceras (Werneroceras) carinata by Göddertz (1987); it was corrected as Werneroceras carinatum by Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Werneroceras carinata Petter p. 100 figs. Pl 5, fig 9; text-fig 27K
1987Werneroceras (Werneroceras) carinata Göddertz p. 164 figs. Pl 9, figs 4,5; text-fig 19
2002Werneroceras carinatum Korn and Klug p. 130

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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
familyWerneroceratidaeErben 1964
genusWernerocerasWedekind 1918
speciescarinatum(Petter 1959)

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.

Werneroceras carinatum Petter 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.9
shell diameter135.9
shell inflation110.6

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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Algeria Werneroceras carinata (40371)