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Apsidoceras quebecense

Cephalopoda - Apsidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Apsidoceras quebecense was named by Flower (1952). Its type specimen is a specimen in the collection of G. Winston Sinclair, a shell, 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Apsidoceras quebecense Flower p. 56 figs. 5, 9 Pl. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
familyApsidoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusApsidocerasHyatt 1884
speciesquebecense

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.

Apsidoceras quebecense Flower 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Shermanian to the top of the Edenian or 457.30000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) Apsidoceras quebecense (type locality: 89097 89110)