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Valcouroceras obesum

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Valcouroceratidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Valcouroceras obesum Flower

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyValcouroceratidaeFlower 1946
genusValcourocerasFlower 1943
speciesobesum

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Valcouroceras obesum Flower 1943
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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: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Chazyan or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Valcouroceras obesum (171817)