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Chepuloceras inelegans

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Chepuloceras inelegans was named by Unklesbay and Young (1956). Its type specimen is Univ. Mo. 12738, a shell (silicified internal mold of a 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 Chepuloceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Chepuloceras inelegans Unklesbay and Young p. 490

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

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.

†Chepuloceras inelegans Unklesbay and Young 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:32:52
Modified: 2007-09-07 11:44:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 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) Chepuloceras inelegans (type locality: 73291)