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Bassleroceras smithbasinense

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Bassleroceras smithbasinense was named by Kröger and Landing (2008). Its type specimen is NYSM 17473. Its type locality is NYSM locality 5897, which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal reef rocks/dolomite in the Rochdale Formation of New York.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Bassleroceras smithbasinense Kröger and Landing p. 502 figs. 10c-f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusBasslerocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936
speciessmithbasinense

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.

†Bassleroceras smithbasinense Kröger and Landing 2008
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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: Stairsian or 485.40000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (New York) Bassleroceras smithbasinense (type locality: 89491)