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Anguloceras ovatum

Cephalopoda - Bassleroceratidae

Taxonomy
Anguloceras ovatum was named by Unklesbay and Young (1956). Its type specimen is Univ. Mo. 12726, a shell (phragmocone), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Unklesbay and Young Locality 1, which is in a Gasconadian offshore limestone in Virginia. It is the type species of Anguloceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Anguloceras ovatum Unklesbay and Young p. 488

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
familyBassleroceratidae
genusAnguloceras
speciesovatum

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.

†Anguloceras ovatum Unklesbay and Young 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Gasconadian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Virginia) Anguloceras ovatum (type locality: 73291)