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Ectenoceras

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Ectenoceras Ulrich and Foerste
1943Ectenoceras Ulrich et al.
1956Ectenoceras Unklesbay and Young p. 486
1981Ectenoceras Crick p. 227
2002Ectenoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusEctenocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936

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. †Ectenoceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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Ectenoceras arbucklense Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras arcuosutum Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras chepultepecense Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras compressum Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras curvatum Kobayashi 1931
Ectenoceras ellipticum Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras exile Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras gracile Cleland 1903
Ectenoceras higdonense Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras laqueatum Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras longum Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras millsi Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras obliquum Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras pergracile Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras perobliquum Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras ruedemanni Kobayashi 1933
Ectenoceras subcurvatum Kobayashi 1933
Ectenoceras subcurvatum Ulrich et al. 1943
Ectenoceras subgracile Ulrich and Foerste 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:32:52
Modified: 2007-09-07 11:44:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Cressagian to the top of the Floian or 486.40000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian - Stairsian488.9 - 481.7USA (Tennessee) E. millsi (189363)
Skullrockian - Stairsian488.9 - 481.7USA (Alabama) E. chepultepecense (189326)
Demingian486.85 - 483.4USA (Virginia) E. sp. (56651)
Demingian486.85 - 483.4USA (Tennessee) E. arcuosutum (154344)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Texas) E. longum, E. pergracile (56498) E. sp. (271)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Missouri) E. ellipticum (189298) E. higdonense (101764)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Virginia) E. chepultepecense, E. compressum, E. exile, E. longum (73291)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (New York) E. sp. (273)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (Missouri) E. compressum, E. laqueatum (189358) E. exile (189359) E. subgracile (189364)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (Maryland) E. perobliquum (189353)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (New York) E. gracile (189360 189361 189362)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (Wisconsin) E. obliquum (189290)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (Virginia) E. sp. (78881)
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1South Korea (Hwanghae-namdo) E. ruedemanni, E. curvatum, E. subcurvatum (39398)
Floian477.1 - 471.3USA (Oklahoma) E. arbucklense (101760)