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Stemtonoceras

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Stemtonoceras was named by Ulrich and Foerste (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l Sepkoski's reference number: 298,524]. Its type is Stemtonoceras elongatum. It is the type genus of Stemtonoceratidae.

It was assigned to Stemtonoceratidae by Ulrich et al. (1944); and to Ellesmeroceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981).

Species
S. elongatum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Stemtonoceras Ulrich and Foerste p. 288
1944Stemtonoceras Ulrich et al.
1964Stemtonoceras Teichert et al. p. 146
1981Stemtonoceras Crick p. 227

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusStemtonocerasUlrich 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. †Stemtonoceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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Stemtonoceras elongatum 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tremadocian or 486.85000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (Pennsylvania) S. elongatum (101015)