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Isorthoceras elongatocinctum

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Geisonocerina elongatocinctum was named by Portlock (1843). Its type specimen is GSM 103561 (lectotype), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Killey Bridge Fm. locality 1, NE of Pomeroy, which is in a Richmondian offshore mudstone/siltstone in the Killey Bridge Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Isorthoceras elongatocinctum by Portlock (1843), Kröger (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Isorthoceras elongatocinctum Portlock
2013Isorthoceras elongatocinctum Kröger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyProteoceratidae
genusIsorthoceras
specieselongatocinctum(Portlock 1843)

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
No measurements are available
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Rawtheyan to the top of the Telychian or 448.80000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Isorthoceras elongatocinctum (124939)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Isorthoceras elongatocinctum (73413)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Ireland (Leinster) Geisonocerina elongatocinctum (87631)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Geisonocerina elongatocinctum (159986)