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Proterocameroceras baculoides

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras baculoides was named by Blake (1882).

It was recombined as Endoceras baculoides by Ulrich et al. (1944); it was recombined as Proterocameroceras baculoides by Evans (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Endoceras baculoides Ulrich et al.
2011Proterocameroceras baculoides Evans

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyProterocameroceratidaeKobayashi 1937
genusProterocamerocerasRuedemann 1905
speciesbaculoides(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: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 481.70000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Proterocameroceras baculoides (188702 188716 188744)