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Parapalaeoceras

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida

Taxonomy
Parapalaeoceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ellesmerocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. endogastrum, P. sinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Parapalaeoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
genusParapalaeoceras

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
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: Niuchehean or 491.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Zhejiang) P. endogastrum, P. sinensis (125704)