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  • Gordoniconus beargulchensis Mapes, Weller & Doguzhaeva 2010


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    Taxonomy

    Coleoid

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca Cuvier, 1797
    Class: Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797
    Order: Donovaniconida Doguzhaeva, Mapes and Mutvei 2007a
    Family: Gordoniconidae Mapes, Weller & Doguzhaeva 2010
    Genus: Gordoniconus
    Species: Gordoniconus beargulchensis
    Author Citation Mapes, Weller & Doguzhaeva 2010

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Carboniferous
    Sub Period: Mississippian
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Serpukhovian

    Stratigraphy

    Big Snowy Group
    Heath Formation

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 7 cm

    Location

    Bear Gulch
    Fergus County
    Montana
    United States

    Comments

    Taxonomy according to Mapes et al., 2010.

    Identified by R. Mapes, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, U.S.A.

    References:
    Mapes, R. H., Weller, E. A. & Doguzhaeva, L. A. (2010) in Cephalopods—Present and Past (eds Tanabe, K., Shigeta, Y., Sasaki, T. & Hirano, H.) 155‒170 (Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, 2010)

    Klug, C., Landman, N.H., Fuchs, D. et al. (2019) Anatomy and evolution of the first Coleoidea in the Carboniferous. Commun Biol 2, 280. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0523-2

    Whalen, C.D., Landman, N.H. (2022) Fossil coleoid cephalopod from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Lagerstätte sheds light on early vampyropod evolution. Nat Commun 13, 1107. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28333-5.




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