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Narthecoceras

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Narthecoceratidae

Taxonomy
Narthecoceras was named by Hyatt (1895).

It was assigned to Narthecoceratidae by Flower (1958), Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981) and Frey (1981); and to Endocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
N. dunni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Narthecoceras Hyatt
1958Narthecoceras Flower
1964Narthecoceras Teichert et al. p. 183
1981Narthecoceras Crick p. 226
1981Narthecoceras Frey p. 1217
2002Narthecoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyNarthecoceratidaeFlower 1958
genusNarthecocerasHyatt 1895

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. †Narthecoceras Hyatt 1895
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†Narthecoceras dunni Frey 1981
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 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Richmondian or 457.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) N. crassisiphonatum (185478)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) N. crassisiphonatum (185481)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) N. sinclairi (26957)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) N. crassisiphonatum (26342) N. simpsoni (26341)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) N. crassisiphonatum (13654 13655)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) N. crassisiphonatum (23009) N. sp. (34813)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) N. dunni (89538)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) N. crassisiphonatum (23018)