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Weishanhuceras

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Acaroceratidae

Taxonomy
Weishanhuceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Acaroceratidae by Crick (1981); and to Ellesmerocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Weishanhuceras Crick p. 228
2002Weishanhuceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyAcaroceratidaeChen et al. 1979
genusWeishanhuceras

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
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