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Geisonocerina

Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Geisonocerina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Geisonoceratidae by Crick (1981); and to Orthocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Geisonocerina Crick p. 228
2002Geisonocerina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderDissidoceridaZhuravleva 1964
familyGeisonoceratidaeZhuravleva 1959
genusGeisonocerina

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Asselian or 433.40000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Wisconsin) G. wauwatosense (13014)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) G. wauwatosense (13069 13075 13104 13107)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Kazakhstan G. homeocincta (8421)
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 295.5Japan G. sp. (49786)