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Cartersoceras shideleri

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Sactorthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cartersoceras shideleri was named by Flower (1964). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 302549. Its type locality is Beech Grove, which is in a Rocklandian shallow subtidal limestone in the Carters Limestone Formation of Tennessee. It is the type species of Cartersoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Cartersoceras shideleri Flower p. 122 figs. 3, 4, 8-11 Pl. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familySactorthoceratidaeFlower 1946
genusCartersoceras
speciesshideleri

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.

Cartersoceras shideleri Flower 1964
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rocklandian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Cartersoceras shideleri (type locality: 87734)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Cartersoceras shideleri (87737)