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Kotoceras grabaui

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae

Taxonomy
Vaginoceras grabaui was named by Kobayashi (1927). It is not extant. Its type specimen is UMUT PM631 (lectotype), a shell. Its type locality is Makkol, which is in a Llanvirn marine shale/limestone in the Jigunsan Formation of South Korea.

It was recombined as Kotoceras grabaui by Kobayashi (1934) and Yun (1999).

Synonyms
  • Vaginoceras frechi was named by Kobayashi (1927). It is not extant. Its type specimen is UMUT PM3, a shell. Its type locality is Makkol, which is in a Llanvirn marine shale/limestone in the Jigunsan Formation of South Korea.

    It was recombined as Kotoceras frechi by Kobayashi (1934); it was synonymized subjectively with Kotoceras grabaui by Yun (1999).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Vaginoceras frechi Kobayashi p. 179 figs. 2a, c
1927Vaginoceras grabaui Kobayashi p. 179 figs. 1a, c, 2 Pl. 18
1934Kotoceras frechi Kobayashi p. 395
1934Kotoceras grabaui Kobayashi p. 395 figs. Pls. 11, 12, 14
1999Kotoceras grabaui Yun p. 76 figs. 3, 7, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyEndoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusKotoceras
speciesgrabaui(Kobayashi 1927)

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.

†Kotoceras grabaui Kobayashi 1927
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Invalid names: Vaginoceras frechi Kobayashi 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Llanvirn or 468.00000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4South Korea (Kangweondo (Gangwon-do)) Kotoceras grabaui (89522 89523 89524 89525 89531)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4South Korea (Kangwon-do) Vaginoceras grabaui, Vaginoceras frechi (type locality: 56171)