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Branneroceras nicholasi

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae

Taxonomy
Branneroceras nicholasi was named by Nassichuk (1975). Its type specimen is GSC 33827, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Branneroceras nicholasi Nassichuk p. 144 figs. Pl 16, figs 2,6,11-14; text-fig 53A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilySchistoceratoidea(Schmidt 1929)
familySchistoceratidaeSchmidt 1929
genusBranneroceras
speciesnicholasi

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.

†Branneroceras nicholasi Nassichuk 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nunavut) Branneroceras nicholasi (170656 170657 170659 170660)