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Westonoceras cornulum

Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Westonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras cornulum was named by Schuchert (1900) [= Onoceras plebium Whitfield 1900 p. 21].

It was recombined as Westonoceras cornulum by Miller et al. (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Cyrtoceras cornulum Schuchert pp. 170 - 171 figs. pl. 14 f. 8-10
1928Cyrtoceras cornulum Troedsson p. 71
1954Westonoceras cornulum Miller et al. pp. 87 - 88 figs. pl. 44 f. 17-18; pl. 45 f. 10-11; pl. 46 f. 6-7; pl. 47 f. 1-8; pl. 48 f. 1-3; pl. 49 f. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderDiscosoridaFlower 1950
familyWestonoceratidaeTeichert 1933
genusWestonoceras
speciescornulum(Schuchert 1900)

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.

Westonoceras cornulum Schuchert 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:38
Modified: 2007-09-07 06:48:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Cautleyan or 449.20000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Westonoceras cornulum (24124)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) Cyrtoceras cornulum (24162)