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Richmondoceras brevicameratum

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Greenlandoceratidae

Taxonomy
Richmondoceras brevicameratum was named by Frey (1995). Its type specimen is MU 398T, a partial shell (body chamber and adoral portions of phragmocone), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Laugherty Creek, which is in a Richmondian shallow subtidal limestone in the Saluda Formation of Indiana. It is the type species of Richmondoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Richmondoceras brevicameratum Frey p. P71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyGreenlandoceratidaeShimizu and Obata 1935
genusRichmondoceras
speciesbrevicameratum

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Diagnosis
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