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Westonoceras manitobense

Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Westonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras manitobense was named by Whiteaves (1890).

It was recombined as Westonoceras manitobense by Foerste (1924) and Flower and Teichert (1957).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Cyrtoceras manitobense Whiteaves p. 80 figs. pl. 13, fig. 3-5; pl. 15, fig. 4
1924Westonoceras manitobense Foerste p. 253
1957Westonoceras manitobense Flower and Teichert p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderDiscosoridaFlower 1950
familyWestonoceratidaeTeichert 1933
genusWestonoceras
speciesmanitobense(Whiteaves 1890)

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.

Westonoceras manitobense Whiteaves 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:38
Modified: 2007-09-07 06:48:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Maysvillian or 451.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Westonoceras manitobense (26340)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Cyrtoceras manitobense (174050)