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Armenoceras nummularium

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Orthoceras nummularius was named by de Sowerby and Murchison (1839). Its type specimen is BMNH C3501, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Actinoceras nummularium by Foord (1888); it was recombined as Armenoceras nummularium by Holland (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Orthoceras nummularius de Sowerby and Murchison p. 632 figs. pl. 13 f. 24
1888Actinoceras nummularium Foord p. 176
1998Armenoceras nummularium Holland pp. 184 - 187 figs. pl. 1 f. 1, 4-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyArmenoceratidaeTroedsson 1926
genusArmenocerasFoerste 1924
speciesnummularium()

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.

Armenoceras nummularium de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:57
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Wenlock or 438.60000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Wales) Armenoceras nummularium (160021)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Actinoceras nummularium (49640)