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Charactoceras hercules

Cephalopoda - Apsidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus hercules was named by Billings (1857). Its type specimen is GSC 2221 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carleton Point, which is in a Richmondian carbonate limestone/shale in the Vaureal Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Characteroceras hercules by Twenhofel (1928); it was recombined as Charactoceras hercules by White and Skorina (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Nautilus hercules Billings p. 306–307
1928Characteroceras hercules Twenhofel pp. 286 - 287
1999Charactoceras hercules White and Skorina p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
familyApsidoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusCharactocerasFoerste 1924
specieshercules(Billings 1857)

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.

Charactoceras hercules Billings 1857
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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: Richmondian or 449.50000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Nautilus hercules (63675)