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Faberoceras subarctuatum

Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Westonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras subarctuatum was named by Portlock (1843). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GSM 103474 (lectotype), a shell. Its type locality is Killey Bridge Fm. locality 1, NE of Pomeroy, which is in a Richmondian offshore mudstone/siltstone in the Killey Bridge Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Faberoceras subarctuatum by Evans (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Orthoceras subarctuatum Portlock p. 374 figs. 9 Pl. 28
1993Faberoceras subarctuatum Evans p. 185 fig. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderDiscosoridaFlower 1950
familyWestonoceratidaeTeichert 1933
genusFaberocerasFlower 1946
speciessubarctuatum(Portlock 1843)

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.

Faberoceras subarctuatum Portlock 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:38
Modified: 2007-09-07 06:48:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Richmondian or 449.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Orthoceras subarctuatum (type locality: 89260)