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Yanhecerida

Cephalopoda - Yanhecerida

Taxonomy
Yanhecerida is an order. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Endoceratoidea by Crick (1981); and to Cephalopoda by Sepkoski (2002) and Pohle et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Yanhecerida Crick p. 226
2002Yanhecerida Sepkoski
2022Yanhecerida Pohle et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderYanhecerida
orderYanhecerida

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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Fm. †Yanheceratidae Chen and Qi 1979
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G. †Yanheceras Chen and Zou 1979
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 14:32:21
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:32:21
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Niuchehean or 489.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Zhejiang) Archendoceras brevicollum, Yanheceras zhejiangense, Yanheceras intermedium (125704)