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Whitfieldoceras lenticontractum

Cephalopoda - Clinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Whitfieldoceras lenticontractum was named by Flower (1952). Its type specimen is a specimen in the NYSM, a shell, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Little Chazy River, which is in a Shermanian carbonate limestone in the Sherman Falls limestone Formation of New York.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Whitfieldoceras lenticontractum Flower p. 43 figs. 5, 6 Pl. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
familyClinoceratidaeFlower 1946
genusWhitfieldocerasFoerste 1932
specieslenticontractum

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: Shermanian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Whitfieldoceras lenticontractum (type locality: 89051)