WoRMS taxon details
Cassinoceras explanator (Whitfield, 1886) †
1754824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1754824)
accepted
Species
Piloceras explanator Whitfield, 1886 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Piloceras explanator Whitfield, 1886 †) Whitfield, R. P. (1886). Notice of geological investigations along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, conducted by Prof. H.J. Seely and Pres. Ezra Brainerd, of Middlebury College, with descriptions of the new fossils discovered. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 1(17): 193-345.
page(s): 323, pl. 28, figs 1-2 [excl. 3-4]; note: Figs 3-4 have were subsequently identified as a different species (Cassinoceras grande Foerste, 1938) [details]
page(s): 323, pl. 28, figs 1-2 [excl. 3-4]; note: Figs 3-4 have were subsequently identified as a different species (Cassinoceras grande Foerste, 1938) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cassinoceras explanator (Whitfield, 1886) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1754824 on 2025-05-20
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(of Piloceras explanator Whitfield, 1886 †) Whitfield, R. P. (1886). Notice of geological investigations along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, conducted by Prof. H.J. Seely and Pres. Ezra Brainerd, of Middlebury College, with descriptions of the new fossils discovered. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 1(17): 193-345.
page(s): 323, pl. 28, figs 1-2 [excl. 3-4]; note: Figs 3-4 have were subsequently identified as a different species (Cassinoceras grande Foerste, 1938) [details]
basis of record Ulrich, E. O., Foerste, A. F.; Miller, A. K. (1943). Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods. Part II, Brevicones. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 49: 1-240.
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page(s): 323, pl. 28, figs 1-2 [excl. 3-4]; note: Figs 3-4 have were subsequently identified as a different species (Cassinoceras grande Foerste, 1938) [details]
basis of record Ulrich, E. O., Foerste, A. F.; Miller, A. K. (1943). Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods. Part II, Brevicones. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 49: 1-240.
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Kröger, B.; Landing, E. (2009). Cephalopods and paleoenvironments of the Fort Cassin Formation (upper Lower Ordovician), eastern New York and adjacent Vermont. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 83(5): 664-693., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/08-181.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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