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Elkanoceras pluto

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Ruedemannoceratidae

Taxonomy
Lituites pluto was named by Billings (1865). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Point Riche, Zone L, which is in a Darriwilian shallow subtidal limestone in the Table Point Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Elkanoceras.

It was recombined as Elkanoceras pluto by Flower (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Lituites pluto Billings p. 259
1971Elkanoceras pluto Flower p. 110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyRuedemannoceratidaeFlower 1940
genusElkanoceras
speciespluto()

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.

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

Age range: Darriwilian or 469.40000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Canada (Newfoundland) Lituites pluto (type locality: 233265)