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Walcottoceras monsense

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Endoceras monsensis was named by Walcott (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 64p. Cliff on southeast side of Mons glacier, above head of Glacier Lake Canyon, which is in a Skullrockian carbonate limestone in the Survey Peak Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Walcottoceras.

It was recombined as Walcottoceras monsense by Ulrich and Foerste (1936).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Endoceras monsensis Walcott
1936Walcottoceras monsense Ulrich and Foerste

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusWalcottocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936
speciesmonsense()

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.

†Walcottoceras monsense Walcott 1924
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