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Wanwanoceras

Cephalopoda - Protactinoceratida - Protactinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Wanwanoceras was named by Kobayashi (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 297].

It was assigned to Plectronoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964); to Protactinoceratidae by Crick (1981); and to Plectonocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Wanwanoceras Kobayashi p. 271
1964Wanwanoceras Teichert et al. p. 147
1981Wanwanoceras Crick p. 227
2002Wanwanoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassPlectronoceratia(Wade 1988)
orderProtactinoceratida(Chen and Qi 1979)
familyProtactinoceratidaeChen et al. 1979
genusWanwanocerasKobayashi 1933

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.

G. †Wanwanoceras Kobayashi 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:32:37
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:32:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Cressagian or 486.40000 to 481.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1South Korea (Hwanghae-namdo) W. peculiare (39398)