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Pleurorthoceras clarksvillense

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Orthoceras clarksvillense was named by Foerste (1924). It is the type species of Pleurorthoceras.

It was recombined as Michelinoceras clarksvillense by Foerste (1932); it was recombined as Pleurorthoceras clarksvillense by Flower (1962), Kröger and Aubrechtova (2017), Kröger and Aubrechtová (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. clarkvillense, P. jingxianense, P. shanchongense, P. slendertabulatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Michelinoceras clarksvillense Foerste p. 72
1962Pleurorthoceras clarksvillense Flower p. 36
2017Pleurorthoceras clarksvillense Kröger and Aubrechtova
2019Pleurorthoceras clarksvillense Kröger and Aubrechtová

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyOrthoceratidae
genusPleurorthoceras
speciesclarksvillense(Foerste 1924)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Richmondian to the top of the Hirnantian or 449.60000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Pleurorthoceras clarksvillense (88035 88098)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Pleurorthoceras clarksvillense (87928 87991)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1China (Shaanxi) Pleurorthoceras clarksvillense (75544)