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Ellesmeroceras scheii

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Ellesmeroceras scheii was named by Foerste (1921). Its type specimen is PMO A10430, a partial shell, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Victoria Head (Ellesmere Island), which is in a Gasconadian marine horizon in Canada. It is the type species of Ellesmeroceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Ellesmeroceras scheii Foerste p. 265 figs. 3A-C Pl. 27; 3 Pl. 33
1964Ellesmeroceras scheii Flower p. 46 figs. 2-8 Pl. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusEllesmerocerasFoerste 1921
speciesscheiiFoerste 1921

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.

†Ellesmeroceras scheii Foerste 1921
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Diagnosis
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