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Billingsites deformis

Cephalopoda - Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ascoceras deforme was named by Eichwald (1860).

It was recombined as Billingsites deformis by Eichwald (1860).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Billingsites deformis Eichwald

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderAscoceridaKuhn 1949
familyAscoceratidaeBarrande 1867
genusBillingsitesHyatt 1864
speciesdeformis(Eichwald 1860)

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.

Billingsites deformis Eichwald 1860
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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 14:35:40
Modified: 2007-09-04 10:10:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pirgu or 449.50000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Billingsites deformis (162234)