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Woosteroceras chepultepecense

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Woosteroceras chepultepecense was named by Unklesbay and Young (1956). Its type specimen is Univ. Mo. syntypes 12730, a shell (seven silicified internal molds of phragmacones), 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Woosteroceras chepultepecense Unklesbay and Young p. 489

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusWoosteroceras
specieschepultepecense

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†Woosteroceras chepultepecense Unklesbay and Young 1956
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Diagnosis
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