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Selkirkoceras

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Armenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Selkirkoceras was named by Foerste (1929).

It was assigned to Armenoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964) and Crick (1981); and to Actinocerida by Flower (1957) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Selkirkoceras Foerste
1957Selkirkoceras Flower
1964Selkirkoceras Teichert et al. p. 208
1981Selkirkoceras Crick p. 227
2002Selkirkoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyArmenoceratidaeTroedsson 1926
genusSelkirkocerasFoerste 1929

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. †Selkirkoceras Foerste 1929
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Selkirkoceras burnamense Flower 1957
Selkirkoceras taepaekense Kobayashi 1977
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Llanvirn to the top of the Late/Upper Llanvirn or 468.00000 to 460.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (ShanDong) S. sp. (20773)
Llanvirn - Early/Lower Llandeilo468.0 - 460.9South Korea (Kangweondo (Gangwon-do)) S. taepaekense (89543)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (HeBei) S. sp. (7973)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9China (HeBei) S. sp. (7988)