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Escharendoceras

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae

Taxonomy
Escharendoceras was named by Flower (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l]. Its type is Escharendoceras eccentricum.

It was assigned to Proterocameratidae by Crick (1981); to Endocerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proterocameroceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Evans (2011).

Species
E. eccentricum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Escharendoceras Flower
1964Escharendoceras Teichert et al. p. 170
1981Escharendoceras Crick p. 226
2002Escharendoceras Sepkoski
2011Escharendoceras Evans

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyProterocameroceratidaeKobayashi 1937
genusEscharendocerasFlower 1956

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. †Escharendoceras Flower 1956
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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 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Tremadoc or 481.70000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Canadian486.85 - 457.3USA (Maryland) E. sp. (285 428)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hubei) E. sp. (4736 4738)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3United Kingdom (Scotland) E. sp. (188730)