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Mccluskiceras comstockense

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae

Taxonomy
Mccluskiceras comstockense was named by Kröger and Landing (2008). Its type locality is NYSM locality 5928, which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal reef rocks/limestone in the Rochdale Formation of New York. It is the type species of Mccluskiceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Mccluskiceras comstockense Kröger and Landing

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

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.

†Mccluskiceras comstockense Kröger and Landing 2008
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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: Stairsian or 483.40000 to 481.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (New York) Mccluskiceras comstockense (type locality: 89490)