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Kirkoceras missisquoi

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras missisquoi was named by Billings (1865).

It was recombined as Cyrtoceras missisquoi by Miller (1889); it was recombined as Kirkoceras missisquoi by Ulrich et al. (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Orthoceras missisquoi Billings
1889Cyrtoceras missisquoi Miller p. 435
1943Kirkoceras missisquoi Ulrich et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyProterocameroceratidaeKobayashi 1937
genusKirkocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936
speciesmissisquoi(Billings 1865)

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.

Kirkoceras missisquoi Billings 1865
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Floian or 483.40000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Quebec) Kirkoceras missisquoi (189280)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (New York) Orthoceras missisquoi (42799)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Canada (Quebec) Kirkoceras missisquoi (98439)