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Lavaloceras geniculatum

Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Westonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Lavaloceras geniculatum was named by Flower (1952). Its type specimen is a specimen in the collection of G. Winston Sinclair, a partial shell (living chamber and four attached camerae), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Crabtree Mills, which is in a Shermanian/Edenian deep subtidal shelf limestone/shale in the Tetreauville Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Lavaloceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Lavaloceras geniculatum Flower p. 52 figs. 3, 4 Pl. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderDiscosoridaFlower 1950
familyWestonoceratidaeTeichert 1933
genusLavaloceras
speciesgeniculatum

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†Lavaloceras geniculatum Flower 1952
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Diagnosis
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