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Augustoceras shideleri

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Valcouroceratidae

Taxonomy
Augustoceras shideleri was named by Flower (1946). Its type specimen is UC 24290, 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
1946Augustoceras shideleri Flower p. 432

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyValcouroceratidaeFlower 1946
genusAugustocerasFlower 1946
speciesshideleriFlower 1946

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†Augustoceras shideleri Flower 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available