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Pseudorthoceras palmerae Flower & Caster, 1935 †
1823269 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1823269)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Flower, R. H. & Caster, K. E. (1935). The stratigraphy and paleontology of northwestern Pennsylvania Part II: Paleontology section A: the cephalopod fauna of the Conewango series of the upper Devonian in New York and Pennsylvania. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 22(75): 197-270, pls. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30374188
page(s): 227-228, pl. 7, figs. 1-3 [details]
page(s): 227-228, pl. 7, figs. 1-3 [details]
Type locality contained in Pennsylvania
, Note Reynolds Quarry, Erie County
type locality contained in Pennsylvania (origin: native) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Reynolds Quarry, Erie County [details]
Etymology Named for the American malacologist/paleontologist, Katherine Evangeline Hilton van Winkle Palmer (1895-1982).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist/paleontologist, Katherine Evangeline Hilton van Winkle Palmer (1895-1982). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudorthoceras palmerae Flower & Caster, 1935 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1823269 on 2025-09-12
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Flower, R. H. & Caster, K. E. (1935). The stratigraphy and paleontology of northwestern Pennsylvania Part II: Paleontology section A: the cephalopod fauna of the Conewango series of the upper Devonian in New York and Pennsylvania. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 22(75): 197-270, pls. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30374188
page(s): 227-228, pl. 7, figs. 1-3 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 58, pl. S146 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 227-228, pl. 7, figs. 1-3 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 58, pl. S146 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
