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Michelinoceras guadalupense

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Orthoceras guadalupense was named by Girty (1909). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2931 green, Guadalupe Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Michelinoceras guadalupense by Miller and Youngquist (1949).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Orthoceras guadalupense Girty p. 497 figs. Pl 23, figs 10-10b
1949Michelinoceras guadalupense Miller and Youngquist p. 29 figs. Pl 2, figs 8-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyOrthoceratidae
genusMichelinocerasFoerste 1932
speciesguadalupense()

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
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Measurements
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Orthoceras guadalupense (type locality: 108822)