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Huronia

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Huronia was named by Stokes (1824) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u S Wenl-u Sepkoski's reference number: 524].

It was assigned to Huroniidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981); and to Actinocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Huronia Stokes
1964Huronia Teichert et al. p. 210
1981Huronia Crick p. 227
2002Huronia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyHuroniidaeFoerste and Teichert 1930
genusHuroniaStokes 1824

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. †Huronia Stokes 1824
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:57
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Wenlock or 451.00000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) H. sp. (24231)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) H. sp. (24225)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) H. septata (23031)
Niagaran439.4 - 422.7USA (Utah) H. vertebralis (10393)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Iowa) H. sp. (25015)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) H. gaspensis (184842)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (California) H. sp. (225993)