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Protactinoceras

Cephalopoda - Protactinocerida - Protactinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Protactinoceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Protactinoceratidae by Crick (1981); and to Protactinocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassActinoceratoidea
orderProtactinocerida
familyProtactinoceratidaeChen et al. 1979
genusProtactinoceras

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: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:32:37
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:32:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available