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Shumardoceras

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae

Taxonomy
Shumardoceras was named by Ulrich and Foerste (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. Its type is Lituites complanata.

It was assigned to Estonioceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964) and Crick (1981); and to Deltoceratidae by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Shumardoceras Ulrich and Foerste p. 288
1964Shumardoceras Teichert et al. p. 359
1981Shumardoceras Crick p. 228
2002Shumardoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyEstonioceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusShumardocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936

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. †Shumardoceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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†Shumardoceras complanatum Shumard 1863
†Shumardoceras fragile Ulrich et al. 1942
†Shumardoceras taneyense Ulrich et al. 1942
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 Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 480.80000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Missouri) S. complanatum (98584) S. taneyense (99118)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Oklahoma) S. sp. (80101)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Missouri) S. complanatum (56513)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0USA (Missouri) S. complanatum (98458 98583 98585 98586 98587 98588) S. complanatum, S. fragile (98582) S. taneyense (99116 99117)