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Suttonoceras

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Taxonomy
Suttonoceras was named by Miller and Youngquist (1947) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg Sepkoski's reference number: 298]. It is not extant. Its type is Suttonoceras rossorum.

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

Species
S. rossorum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Suttonoceras Miller and Youngquist p. 13
1964Suttonoceras Teichert et al. p. 295
1981Suttonoceras Crick p. 229
2002Suttonoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyDiestoceratidaeFoerste 1926
genusSuttonoceras

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. †Suttonoceras Miller and Youngquist 1947
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Suttonoceras rossorum Miller and Youngquist 1947
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
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 - 477.1Canada (Nunavut) S. rossorum (88918)