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Ormoceras ferecentricum

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ormoceras ferecentricum was named by Foerste and Teichert (1930). Its type specimen is USNM 82214 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is High Bridge, Tyrone Fm., which is in a Rocklandian shallow subtidal limestone in the Tyrone Limestone Formation of Kentucky.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. manchuriense, O. pollacki, O. weoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Ormoceras ferecentricum Foerste. and Teichert p. 289

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyOrmoceratidaeSaeman 1853
genusOrmocerasStokes 1840
speciesferecentricumFoerste and Teichert 1930

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.

†Ormoceras ferecentricum Foerste. and Teichert 1930
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Diagnosis
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