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Pycnoceras apertum

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae

Taxonomy
Pycnoceras apertum was named by Hyatt (1894). It is the type species of Pycnoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Pycnoceras apertum Hyatt p. 455 figs. Pl 5, figs 18-20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyEstonioceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusPycnoceras
speciesapertum

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.

†Pycnoceras apertum Hyatt 1894
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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 14:34:14
Modified: 2008-02-28 12:57:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Floian or 477.70000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Pycnoceras apertum (98438)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Pycnoceras apertum (195746)