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Botryceratidae

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Botryceratidae

Taxonomy
Botryceratidae was named by Flower (1968).

It was assigned to Endocerida by Crick (1981) and King (1993).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Botryceratidae Flower
1981Botryceratidae Crick p. 226
1993Botryceratidae King p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyBotryceratidaeFlower 1968
familyBotryceratidaeFlower 1968

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.

Fm. †Botryceratidae Flower 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
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