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Foordiceras akiyamai

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Foordiceras akiyamai was named by Hayasaka (1960). It is a mold. Its type locality is Tagara, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Wordian marine siliciclastic in the Kanokura Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. grypoceratoides, F. wynnei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Foordiceras akiyamai Hayasaka

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusFoordiceras
speciesakiyamai

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.

†Foordiceras akiyamai Hayasaka 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Foordiceras akiyamai (type locality: 109641)