Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Hypseloconus bessemerense

Tergomya - Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae

Taxonomy
Shelbyoceras bessemerense was named by Ulrich et al. (1943). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hypseloconus bessemerense by Stinchcomb and Jung Echols (1966), Stinchcomb (1980), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Shelbyoceras bessemerense Ulrich et al. p. 153 figs. pl. 70 f. 3-6, 7-8
1956Shelbyoceras bessemerense Unklesbay and Young p. 483
1966Hypseloconus bessemerense Stinchcomb and Jung Echols pp. 648 - 649 figs. pl. 79 f. 1-13
1980Hypseloconus bessemerense Stinchcomb p. 48
2023Hypseloconus bessemerense Wagner p. 3229

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classTergomya
orderKiringellida()
superfamilyHypseloconoidea()
familyHypseloconidae
genusHypseloconus
speciesbessemerense()

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.

Hypseloconus bessemerense Ulrich et al. 1943
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-21 11:49:31
Modified: 2009-04-21 13:49:31
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Gasconadian or 490.20000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Missouri) Hypseloconus bessemerense (8905 49504)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Virginia) Shelbyoceras bessemerense (73291)