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Polygrammoceras chicottense

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae

Taxonomy
Polygrammoceras chicottense was named by Foerste (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1 mile west of Box Brook & 2 miles west of Shandon Point, which is in a Telychian carbonate lime mudstone/grainstone in the Jupiter Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Polygrammoceras chicottense Foerste
2008Polygrammoceras chicottense Holland and Copper p. 1028 figs. 4H, 4J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyKionoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusPolygrammocerasFoerste 1927
specieschicottense

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Diagnosis
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