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Castelloceras arennigense

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Castelloceras arennigense was named by Evans (2005). Its type specimen is NMW 88.30G.37, a shell, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Dan-lan-y-castell Quarry, Llangynog, which is in a Moridunian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone in the Ogof Hen Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Castelloceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Castelloceras arennigense Evans p. 33 figs. 3, 4 Pl. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyBaltoceratidaeKobayashi 1935
genusCastelloceras
speciesarennigense

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
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Moridunian or 477.10000 to 473.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moridunian477.1 - 473.8United Kingdom (Wales) Castelloceras arennigense (type locality: 89318 89325 89424 89425)