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Beloitoceras amoenum
Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras amoenum was named by Miller (1879). Its type specimen is UC 106 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Richmond, Whitewater Fm., which is in a Richmondian perireef or subreef reef rocks in the Whitewater Formation of Indiana.
It was recombined as Beloitoceras amoenum by Flower (1946).
It was recombined as Beloitoceras amoenum by Flower (1946).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1879 | Cyrtoceras amoenum Miller p. 105 |
| 1946 | Beloitoceras amoenum Flower p. 272 |
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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.
†Beloitoceras amoenum Miller 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ashgill to the top of the Richmondian or 449.50000 to 445.50000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Richmondian | USA (Indiana) | Cyrtoceras amoenum, Beloitoceras sp. (type locality: 373) | |
| Richmondian | USA (Ohio) | Beloitoceras amoenum (88069) | |
| Ashgill | USA (Indiana) | Beloitoceras amoenum (5324 5325) |