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Shumardoceras complanatum

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae

Taxonomy
Lituites complanata was named by Shumard (1863). It is the type species of Shumardoceras.

It was recombined as Shumardoceras complanatum by Ulrich and Foerste (1936).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Lituites complanata Shumard
1936Shumardoceras complanatum Ulrich and Foerste

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyEstonioceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusShumardocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936
speciescomplanatum(Shumard 1863)

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.

†Shumardoceras complanatum Shumard 1863
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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: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 480.80000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Missouri) Shumardoceras complanatum (98584)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Missouri) Shumardoceras complanatum (56513)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0USA (Missouri) Shumardoceras complanatum (98458 98582 98583 98585 98586 98587 98588)