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Augustoceras vallandighami

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Valcouroceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras vallandighami was named by Miller (1874).

It was recombined as Augustoceras vallandighami by Frey (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Cyrtoceras vallandighami Miller p. 232 fig. 23
1957Cyrtoceras vallandinghami Allen and Lester
1995Augustoceras vallandighami Frey p. P111

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyValcouroceratidaeFlower 1946
genusAugustocerasFlower 1946
speciesvallandighami(Miller 1874)

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: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Maysvillian or 451.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Cyrtoceras vallandinghami (32547 32552 32553 32554 32557 32558)
Franklinian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2USA (Tennessee) Cyrtoceras vallandighami (5371)
Edenian - Caradoc451.0 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) Cyrtoceras vallandighami (5372)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Cyrtoceras vallandighami (5374)