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Geisonoceras maclareni

Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras maclareni was named by Murchison (1859) [Orthoceras Maclareni Salter in Murchison 1859]. Its type specimen is BGS GSM 105378-80, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Geisonoceras maclareni by Holland (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. socium

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Orthoceras maclareni Murchison pp. 175-176 figs. foss. gr. 24
2000Geisonoceras maclareni Holland pp. 181 - 182 figs. 1a, e, p

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderDissidoceridaZhuravleva 1964
familyGeisonoceratidaeZhuravleva 1959
genusGeisonocerasHyatt 1884
speciesmaclareni()

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.

†Geisonoceras maclareni Murchison 1859
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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: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Geisonoceras maclareni (153581 159987)