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Armenoceras michaudae

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Armenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Armenoceras michaudae was named by Bolton and Nowlan (1979). Its type specimen is GSC 57711, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 95286, Aberdeen Lake, Keewatin, which is in a Richmondian marine limestone in the Aberdeen Lake Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. numatai, A. ommanneyi, A. pauloinclinatum, A. richardsoni, A. tani, A. xizangense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Armenoceras michaudae Bolton and Nowlan p. 14 figs. Plate 6, figures 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyArmenoceratidaeTroedsson 1926
genusArmenocerasFoerste 1924
speciesmichaudae

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 michaudae Bolton and Nowlan 1979
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Richmondian or 449.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Armenoceras michaudae (360 type locality: 169387)