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Bentoceras

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Tarphyceratidae

Taxonomy
Bentoceras was named by Stumbur (1962). Its type is Bentoceras rubeli.

It was assigned to Tarphyceratidae by Stumbur (1962) and Crick (1981).

Species
B. proteus, B. rubeli (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Bentoceras Stumbur
1981Bentoceras Crick p. 228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyTarphyceratidae
genusBentoceras

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. †Bentoceras Stumbur 1962
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Bentoceras proteus Holm 1899
Bentoceras rubeli Stumbur 1962
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 14:34:14
Modified: 2008-02-28 12:57:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Hunderum to the top of the Aluoja or 471.80000 to 458.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hunderum - Valaste471.8 - 466.0Sweden (Kalmar) B. proteus (89246)
Aluoja466.0 - 458.0Estonia B. rubeli (174060 174061 174062)