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Woosteroceras trempealeauense

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Woosteroceras trempealeauense was named by Ulrich et al. (1944). Its type specimen is USNM 109432 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Woosteroceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Woosteroceras trempealeauense Ulrich et al. p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusWoosteroceras
speciestrempealeauense

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.

†Woosteroceras trempealeauense Ulrich et al. 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:32:52
Modified: 2007-09-07 11:44:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tremadocian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (Wisconsin) Woosteroceras trempealeauense (101016)