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Schuchertoceras troedssoni

Cephalopoda - Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Billingsites troedssoni was named by Foerste (1929). Its type specimen is RM Mo 150151, a shell (adorally incomplete), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Kallholn, Siljan District, which is in a Katian reef, buildup or bioherm lime mudstone in the Boda Limestone Formation of Sweden.

It was recombined as Schuchertoceras troedssoni by Frye (1982).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Billingsites troedssoni Foerste figs. 3 Pl. 20
1933Schuchertoceras ringerikiense Strand p. 65 figs. 6a, b Pl. 4
1934Schuchertoceras ringerikiense Strand
1982Schuchertoceras troedssoni Frye p. 1278 figs. 4a; figs. 1-3, 5 Pl. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderAscoceridaKuhn 1949
familyAscoceratidaeBarrande 1867
genusSchuchertocerasMiller 1932
speciestroedssoni(Foerste 1929)

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.

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Invalid names: Schuchertoceras ringerikiense Strand 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:40
Modified: 2007-09-04 10:10:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rawtheyan to the top of the Pirgu or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Billingsites troedssoni, Schuchertoceras troedssoni (type locality: 89486) Schuchertoceras troedssoni (124939)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Schuchertoceras ringerikiense (164215)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Asker) Schuchertoceras ringerikiense (164216)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.7Sweden (Dalarne) Schuchertoceras troedssoni (73462)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Buskerud) Schuchertoceras ringerikiense (89488)