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Brachycycloceras curtum

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Brachycycloceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras curtum was named by Meek and Worthen (1860).

It was recombined as Poterioceras curtum by Miller and Unklesbay (1942); it was recombined as Brachycycloceras curtum by Furnish et al. (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Cyrtoceras curtum Meek and Worthen p. 468
1866Cyrtoceras curtum Meek and Worthen pp. 388, 389 figs. pl. 30 f. 1a–c
1942Poterioceras curtum Miller and Unklesbay pp. 128-130, 133-135 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1-3, pl. 5 f. 1
1962Brachycycloceras curtum Furnish et al. pp. 1349 - 1351 figs. Pl. 179, figs. 5-12; P1. 180, figs. 1-6; Text-figs. 1A,2A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyBrachycycloceratidaeFurnish et al. 1964
genusBrachycyclocerasMiller et al. 1933
speciescurtum(Meek and Worthen 1860)

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.

Brachycycloceras curtum Meek and Worthen 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Missourian or 306.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Cyrtoceras curtum (184103 184105)