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Brachycycloceras bransoni

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Poterioceras bransoni was named by Miller and Owen (1934).

It was recombined as Brachycycloceras bransoni by Furnish et al. (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-11-28; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-11-28

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Poterioceras mehli Miller and Owen pp. 194, 200, 201-203
1934Poterioceras bransoni Miller and Owen pp. 199-201
1946Brachycycloceras ohioense Sturgeon pp. 12, 14-16 figs. pl. 3, fig. 13, text-fig. 2
1962Brachycycloceras bransoni Furnish et al. p. 1349

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyBrachycycloceratidaeFurnish et al. 1964
genusBrachycyclocerasMiller et al. 1933
speciesbransoni(Miller and Owen 1934)

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.

Brachycycloceras bransoni Miller and Owen 1934
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Invalid names: Brachycycloceras ohioense Sturgeon 1946 [synonym], Poterioceras mehli Miller and Owen 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
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