Pseudoschistoceras gigas

 

Classification

Phylum : Mollusca Linnaeus 1758

Class : Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797

Subclass : Ammonoidea Haeckel 1866

Order : Goniatitida Hyatt 1884

Suborder : Goniatitina Hyatt 1884

Superfamily : Neoicoceratoidea Hyatt 1900

Family : Metalegoceratidae Plummer and Scott 1937

Subfamily : Metalegoceratinae Plummer and Scott 1937

Genus : Pseudoschistoceras Teichert 1944

Species : gigas (Smith1927)

 

 

Nomenclatural history

Smith 1927 : Paralegoceras gigas

Glenister and Furnish 1961 : Pseudoschistoceras gigas

Leonova 2002 : Pseudoschistoceras gigas

 

Primary description

Smith, J. P., 1927 - Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America.

 

Age : Upper Cisuralian - Lower Permian

Locality : Bitauni beds - Bitauni - Timor

Size : 104 mm

Reference : G.GUI-P01-0056