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Oncoceras carletonense

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae

Taxonomy
Oncoceras carletonense was named by Twenhofel (1928) [Foerste in Twenhofel 1928]. Its type specimen is YPM 3864, a shell, and it 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Oncoceras carletonense Twenhofel pp. 309 - 310 figs. Plate L, figure 5; Plate LI, figure 4
1946Oncoceras carletonense Flower pp. 359, 360

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyOncoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusOncocerasHall 1847
speciescarletonense

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.

†Oncoceras carletonense Twenhofel 1928
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Diagnosis
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