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Suttonoceras rossorum

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Taxonomy
Suttonoceras rossorum was named by Miller and Youngquist (1947). Its type specimen is UA 546, a partial shell (much of a phragmacone and the adjacent portion of the living chamber), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Sutton Island, which is in a Tremadocian carbonate dolomite in Canada. It is the type species of Suttonoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Suttonoceras rossorum Miller and Youngquist p. 13 figs. 3, 4 Pl. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyDiestoceratidaeFoerste 1926
genusSuttonoceras
speciesrossorum

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†Suttonoceras rossorum Miller and Youngquist 1947
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Diagnosis
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