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Octameroceras scotorum

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Hemiphragmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hexameroceras scotorum was named by Lamont (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Henshaw Burn, which is in a Telychian marine mudstone/siltstone in the Wether Law Linn Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Octameroceras scotorum by Holland (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Hexameroceras scotorum Lamont p. 260 figs. pl. 29 f. 7-8
2000Octameroceras scotorum Holland pp. 183 - 184 fig. 1f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyHemiphragmoceratidaeFoerste 1926
genusOctameroceras
speciesscotorum()

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.

†Octameroceras scotorum Lamont 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 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) Hexameroceras scotorum (159993)