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Leurocycloceras etheridgii

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Orthoceras etheridgii was named by Blake (1882). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Leurocycloceras etheridgii by Holland (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Orthoceras etheridgii Blake p. 104 figs. pl. 6 f. 3-6
2000Leurocycloceras etheridgii Holland pp. 180 - 181 fig. 1d,q

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyOrthoceratidae
subfamilyLeurocycloceratinaeSweet 1964
genusLeurocycloceras
speciesetheridgii(Blake 1882)

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
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: Telychian or 438.60000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Leurocycloceras etheridgii (159986)