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Aphetoceras ozarkensis

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae

Taxonomy
Aphetoceras ozarkensis was named by Cullison (1944). Its type specimen is MSM 7242, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is M. S. M. 72.51. Rolla, which is in a Jeffersonian carbonate dolomite in the Rich Fountain Formation of Missouri.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Aphetoceras ozarkensis Cullison p. 66 figs. Plate XXXIII, figure 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyEstonioceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusAphetoceras
speciesozarkensis

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.

Aphetoceras ozarkensis Cullison 1944
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:14
Modified: 2008-02-28 12:57:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Jeffersonian or 485.40000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Missouri) Aphetoceras ozarkensis (type locality: 56504)