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Cycloceras olorus

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida

Taxonomy
Orthoceras olorus was named by Hall (1879).

It was recombined as Cycloceras olorus by Bassler (1915); it was recombined as Spyroceras olorus by Troedsson (1928) and Miller et al. (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Orthoceras olorus Hall
1915Cycloceras olorus Bassler p. 326
1928Spyroceras olorus Troedsson pp. 37, 117
1954Spyroceras olorus Miller et al. p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
genusCyclocerasM'Coy 1844
speciesolorus(Hall 1879)

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.

Cycloceras olorus Hall 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Late/Upper Ordovician or 470.00000 to 443.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Cycloceras olorus (24229)