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Elrodoceras indianense

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras indianensis was named by Miller (1892). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Paul, which is in a Niagaran marine horizon in the Laurel Formation of Indiana.

It was corrected as Cyrtoceras indianense by Bassler (1915); it was recombined as Elrodoceras indianense by Foerste (1924).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Cyrtoceras indianensis Miller p. 698 figs. pl. 18 f. 1-2
1915Cyrtoceras indianense Bassler p. 353
1924Elrodoceras indianense Foerste p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyActinoceratidaeSaeman 1853
genusElrodoceras
speciesindianense()

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.

Elrodoceras indianense Miller 1892
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:57
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Niagaran or 438.00000 to 421.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niagaran438.0 - 421.3USA (Indiana) Cyrtoceras indianensis (type locality: 233298 233299)