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Belloceras

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Baltoceratidae

Taxonomy
Belloceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Baltoceratidae by Crick (1981); and to Ellesmerocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Belloceras Crick p. 227
2002Belloceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyBaltoceratidaeKobayashi 1935
genusBelloceras

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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Llanvirn or 466.00000 to 463.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Llanvirn466.0 - 463.5Argentina B. sp. (9026)