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Suttonoceras rossorum

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Taxonomy
Suttonoceras rossorum was named by Miller and Youngquist (1947). Its type specimen is UA 546, a partial shell (much of a phragmacone and the adjacent portion of the living chamber), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Sutton Island, which is in a Tremadocian carbonate dolomite in Canada. It is the type species of Suttonoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Suttonoceras rossorum Miller and Youngquist p. 13 figs. 3, 4 Pl. 4

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

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.

†Suttonoceras rossorum Miller and Youngquist 1947
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 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) Suttonoceras rossorum (type locality: 88918)