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Vassaroceras henrietta

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida

Taxonomy
Orthoceras henrietta was named by Dwight (1884). It is not extant. Its type locality is Rochdale, which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal reef rocks in the Rochdale Formation of New York. It is the type species of Vassaroceras.

It was recombined as Vassaroceras henrietta by Ulrich et al (1944).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Orthoceras henrietta Dwight p. 256 figs. pl. 7, figs 13– 14a
1944Vassaroceras henrietta Ulrich et al

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
genusVassaroceras
specieshenrietta(Dwight 1884)

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.

Vassaroceras henrietta Dwight 1884
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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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (New York) Orthoceras henrietta (type locality: 89492) Vassaroceras henrietta (89491 89499)