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Ventrolobendoceras grandiense

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ventrolobendoceras grandiense was named by Balashov (1968). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gorka, Kingisepp District, which is in a Kukruse carbonate shale in the Itfer Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Ventrolobendoceras grandiense Balashov p. 155 figs. pl. XLV figs. 1-3
1976Ventrolobendoceras grandiense Flower p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyEndoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusVentrolobendocerasBalashov 1968
speciesgrandiense

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lasnamagi to the top of the Kukruse or 463.50000 to 456.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Estonia Ventrolobendoceras grandiense (233257)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Russian Federation Ventrolobendoceras grandiense (233256)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Russian Federation Ventrolobendoceras grandiense (type locality: 233258)