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Billingsites

Cephalopoda - Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Billingsites was named by Hyatt (1864). Its type is Billingsites cordeyi.

It was assigned to Ascoceratinae by Teichert et al. (1964); to Ascoceratidae by Strand (1934) and Crick (1981); and to Ascocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Billingsites Hyatt p. 278
1934Billingsites Strand
1964Billingsites Teichert et al. p. 273
1981Billingsites Crick p. 229
2002Billingsites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderAscoceridaKuhn 1949
familyAscoceratidaeBarrande 1867
genusBillingsitesHyatt 1864

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.

G. †Billingsites Hyatt 1864
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Billingsites anticostiensis Billings 1866
Billingsites canadensis Billings 1857
Billingsites deformis Eichwald 1860
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:40
Modified: 2007-09-04 10:10:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Richmondian or 451.00000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) B. williamsportensis (5368)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) B. borealis (26946)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) B. costulatum (26340)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) B. costulatus (13655) B. costulatus, B. landerensis (13654)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) B. anticostiensis, B. canadensis (63675)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) B. manitoulinense (173012)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) B. newberryi (26315)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) B. sp. (26343)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) B. sp. (89260)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) B. borealis (23018) B. borealis, B. keatingi, B. canadensis (23011)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) B. deformis (162234)