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Puncticeras schmidti

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Cheiloceras (Staffites) schmidti was named by Petersen (1975). Its type specimen is UWA 61433, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Puncticeras schmidti by Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Cheiloceras (Staffites) schmidti Petersen p. 29 figs. Pl 2, figs 9,10; text-figs 4, 12E, 16
2002Puncticeras schmidti Korn and Klug p. 175

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyCheiloceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyNehdenitinae
genusPuncticerasBecker 1993
speciesschmidti()

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.

Puncticeras schmidti Petersen 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height124.0
shell diameter142.0
shell inflation13.00

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 Famennian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 372.20000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras schmidti (65388)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras schmidti (39097 39104)