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Avaoceras

Cephalopoda - Bassleroceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Avaoceras Ulrich et al.
1981Avaoceras Crick p. 227

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
familyBassleroceratidae
genusAvaoceras

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.

G. †Avaoceras Ulrich et al. 1944
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Avaoceras elongatum Ulrich et al. 1944
Avaoceras longidomum Ulrich et al. 1944
Avaoceras magnisiphonatum Ulrich et al. 1944
Avaoceras wellsense Ulrich et al. 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Rangerian or 477.70000 to 470.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian - Rangerian485.4 - 470.3Canada (Quebec) A. sp. (99217)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0USA (Missouri) A. elongatum (98459) A. longidomum, A. magnisiphonatum (98444)
Floian477.7 - 470.0USA (Tennessee) A. wellsense (101297)