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Cameroceras rowenaense

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cameroceras rowenaense was named by Frey (1995). Its type specimen is MU 266T, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Belk Island, which is in a Maysvillian shallow subtidal wackestone in the Leipers Limestone Formation of Kentucky.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Cameroceras rowenaense Frey p. P74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyEndoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusCamerocerasConrad 1842
speciesrowenaense

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.

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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 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Maysvillian or 452.00000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maysvillian452.0 - 449.5USA (Kentucky) Cameroceras rowenaense (type locality: 87915)