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Gaudryceras hobetsense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Gaudryceras hobetsense was named by Shigeta and Nishimura (2013). Its type specimen is HMG-1573, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tributary of Tonai-zawa River, which is in a Maastrichtian marine mudstone in the Hakobuchi Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Gaudryceras hobetsense Shigeta and Nishimura p. 49 figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyGaudryceratinae(Spath 1927)
genusGaudrycerasde Grossouvre 1894
specieshobetsense

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.

Gaudryceras hobetsense Shigeta and Nishimura 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height433.415.059.037.518.0
shell diameter484.044.0125.095.233.8
shell inflation430.918.843.033.610.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Japan Gaudryceras hobetsense (174603 174604 type locality: 174606 174607)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Gaudryceras tenuiliratum (158235)