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Endocycloceras gracile

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae

Taxonomy
Endocycloceras gracile was named by Flower (1964). Its type specimen is NMBM 653, a shell, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Mud Springs Mountain (Mud Springs Mt. Fm.), which is in a Demingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Mud Springs Mountain Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Endocycloceras gracile Flower p. 116 figs. 1-4 Pl. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyProtocycloceratidaeKobayashi 1935
genusEndocycloceras
speciesgracile

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Endocycloceras gracile Flower 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:32:52
Modified: 2007-09-07 11:44:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Demingian or 485.40000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (New Mexico) Endocycloceras gracile (type locality: 88945)