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Wetherbyoceras conoidale

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras conoidale was named by Wetherby (1881). It is the type species of Wetherbyoceras.

It was recombined as Wetherbyoceras conoidale by Foerste (1926); it was misspelled as Cyrtoceras convidale by Wilson (1949).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Cyrtoceras conoidale Wetherby p. 78 figs. pl. 2 f. 6, 6a
1926Wetherbyoceras conoidale Foerste
1949Cyrtoceras convidale Wilson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
genusWetherbyocerasFoerste 1926
speciesconoidale(Wetherby 1881)

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.

Wetherbyoceras conoidale Wetherby 1881
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Maysvillian or 450.20000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Cyrtoceras convidale (5374)