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Bassleroceras beekmanense

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras beekmanense was named by Whitfield (1889).

It was recombined as Bassleroceras beekmanense by Ulrich et al. (1944) and Kröger and Landing (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Cyrtoceras beekmanense Whitfield
1889Cyrtoceras beekmanense Whitfield
1944Bassleroceras beekmanense Ulrich et al.
2009Bassleroceras beekmanense Kröger and Landing

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusBasslerocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936
speciesbeekmanense(Whitfield 1889)

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 beekmanense Whitfield 1889
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Cassinian or 482.30000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (New York) Bassleroceras beekmanense (42782 101293)