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Shelbyoceras robustum

Tergomya - Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae

Discussion

= Shelbyoceras sp. Ulrich, Foerste & Bridge 1931 pl. 18 f. 1-2

Taxonomy
Shelbyoceras robustum was named by Ulrich and Foerste (1936). Its type specimen is USNM 92694, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is M.S.M. locality 74.51, near Palmer, which is in a Trempealeauan carbonate dolomite in the Eminence Formation of Missouri. It is the type species of Shelbyoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Shelbyoceras robustum Ulrich and Foerste pp. 287 - 288 figs. pl. 38 f. 13
2023Shelbyoceras robustum Wagner p. 6065

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classTergomya
orderKiringellida()
familyHypseloconidae
genusShelbyoceras
speciesrobustum

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.

Shelbyoceras robustum Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-21 11:49:31
Modified: 2009-04-21 13:49:31
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Trempealeauan or 492.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Missouri) Shelbyoceras robustum (154351 type locality: 157981)