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Megadiscosorus crassisegmentatus brevior

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Megadiscosorus crassisegmentatus brevior was named by Foerste (1925).

It was recombined as Megadiscosorus brevior by Wagner (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Megadiscosorus crassisegmentatus brevior Foerste pp. 91 - 92 figs. Plate XV, figure 2
2020Megadiscosorus brevior Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyArmenoceratidaeTroedsson 1926
genusMegadiscosorus
speciescrassisegmentatus
subspeciesbrevior

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 14:33:57
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Telychian or 438.60000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Megadiscosorus brevior (233158)