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Ophiorhabdoceras canadense

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cycloceltitidae

Taxonomy
Ophiorhabdoceras canadense was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 72328 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 98558, Cairn 6266, which is in a Sevatian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Ophiorhabdoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Ophiorhabdoceras canadense Tozer p. 264 figs. Pl 144, figs 20,21; text-fig 117b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyChoristoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyCycloceltitidae
genusOphiorhabdoceras
speciescanadense

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height23.513.004.103.550.778
shell diameter211.610.013.511.82.47
shell inflation25.594.806.505.651.20

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sevatian or 211.18000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Canada (British Columbia) Ophiorhabdoceras canadense (type locality: 141714)