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Micronoceras

Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Entimoceratidae

Taxonomy
Micronoceras was named by Flower (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 299].

It was assigned to Brevicoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964); to Entimoceratidae by Zhuravleva (1972); and to Discosorida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Micronoceras Flower p. 46
1964Micronoceras Teichert et al. p. 301
1972Micronoceras Zhuravleva p. 176
2002Micronoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderDiscosoridaFlower 1950
familyEntimoceratidae
genusMicronocerasFlower 1938

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. †Micronoceras Flower 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:38
Modified: 2007-09-07 06:48:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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