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Palorthoceras buttsi

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Michelinoceras buttsi was named by Flower (1962). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Palorthoceras buttsi by Kröger et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Palorthoceras buttsi Kröger et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyOrthoceratidaeM'Coy 1844
genusPalorthoceras
speciesbuttsi()

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.

Palorthoceras buttsi Flower 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available