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Elrodoceras indianense

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras indianensis was named by Miller (1892). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Paul, which is in a Niagaran marine horizon in the Laurel Formation of Indiana.

It was corrected as Cyrtoceras indianense by Bassler (1915); it was recombined as Elrodoceras indianense by Foerste (1924).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2024-02-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Cyrtoceras indianensis Miller p. 698 figs. pl. 18 f. 1-2
1915Cyrtoceras indianense Bassler p. 353
1924Elrodoceras indianense Foerste p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyActinoceratidaeSaeman 1853
genusElrodoceras
speciesindianense()

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.

Elrodoceras indianense Miller 1892
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Diagnosis
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