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Plectronoceras cambria

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Plectronoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras cambria was named by Walcott (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is C56. 25’ from top of Pagoda Hill, 1.6 km west of Jinan, which is in a Furongian carbonate limestone in the Chaomidian Formation of China. It is the type species of Plectronoceras.

It was recombined as Plectronoceras cambria by Ulrich and Foerste (1933).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Cyrtoceras cambria Walcott
1933Plectronoceras cambria Ulrich and Foerste

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyPlectronoceratidaeKobayashi 1935
genusPlectronocerasUlrich and Foerste 1933
speciescambria(Walcott 1905)

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.

Plectronoceras cambria Walcott 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:32:52
Modified: 2007-09-07 11:44:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Furongian or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4China (Shandong) Cyrtoceras cambria (157404)