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Michelinoceras wapanuckense

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Orthoceras wapanuckense Girty p. 44 figs. Pl 6, figs 11,12
1964Michelinoceras wapanuckense Gordon p. 106 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyOrthoceratidae
genusMichelinocerasFoerste 1932
specieswapanuckense(Girty 1909)

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: Arnsbergian or 326.90000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Orthoceras wapanuckense (584)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Arkansas) Michelinoceras wapanuckense (5517)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Arkansas) Michelinoceras wapanuckense (157866 157941 157943 160560)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Oklahoma) Michelinoceras wapanuckense (158039)