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Elrodoceras

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Elrodoceras was named by Foerste (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u S Ludl-l].

It was corrected as Eldroceras by Sepkoski (2002); it was misspelled as Elrodooceras by Holland and Copper (2008).

It was assigned to Armenoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964); to Actinocerida by Seposki (2002) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Actinoceratidae by Shuji et al. (1999) and Holland and Copper (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Elrodoceras Foerste pp. 28, 65
1964Elrodoceras Teichert et al. p. 208
1999Elrodoceras Shuji et al.
2002Eldroceras Sepkoski
2002Eldroceras Seposki
2008Elrodooceras Holland and Copper p. 1024

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyActinoceratidaeSaeman 1853
genusElrodoceras

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. †Elrodoceras Foerste 1924
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Elrodoceras blakei Foord 1888
Elrodoceras indianense Miller 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:57
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Wenlock or 451.00000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) E. sp. (24229 24231 24233 24236)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) E. sp. (24230)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Canada (Manitoba) E. exile (26728)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) Elrodooceras blakei (113368 158592 159920 159922 159924 159925)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Arab Emirates (Wales) Actinoceras blakei (160020)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Elrodooceras blakei (159927)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4Canada (Québec) E. exile (26698)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4Canada (Manitoba) E. exile (26636 26680)
Niagaran438.0 - 421.3USA (Ohio) E. sp. (475)
Niagaran438.0 - 421.3USA (Indiana) Cyrtoceras indianensis (233298 233299)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) E. abnorme (13069 13075 13104 13107)