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Ellesmeroceras Foeste, 1921 †
1740759 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1740759)
accepted
Genus
Ellesmeroceras scheii Foerste, 1921 † (type by original designation)
- Species Ellesmeroceras scheii Foerste, 1921 †
- Species Ellesmeroceras angulatum Flower, 1964 † accepted as Annoceras elevatum Flower, 1964 † accepted as Annoceras costatum Flower, 1964 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ellesmeroceras curvatum Kobayashi, 1931 † accepted as Ectenoceras curvatum (Kobayashi, 1931) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ellesmeroceras fusiforme Flower, 1964 † accepted as Annoceras costatum Flower, 1964 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ellesmeroceras imbricatum Flower, 1964 † accepted as Annoceras costatum Flower, 1964 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ellesmeroceras indomitum Flower, 1964 † accepted as Annoceras costatum Flower, 1964 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ellesmeroceras progessum Flower, 1964 † accepted as Annoceras costatum Flower, 1964 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ellesmeroceras robsonense Walcott, 1924 † accepted as Robsonoceras robsonense (Walcott, 1924) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ellesmeroceras higdonense Ulrich, Foerste, A. K. Miller & Unklesbay, 1944 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Ellesmeroceras hotchkissi Ulrich, Foerste, A. K. Miller & Unklesbay, 1944 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Ellesmeroceras luthei Ulrich, Foerste, A. K. Miller & Unklesbay, 1944 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Ellesmeroceras progressum Flower, 1964 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Ellesmeroceras thomasi Ulrich, Foerste, A. K. Miller & Unklesbay, 1944 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
neuter
Foerste, A. F. (1921). Notes on Arctic Ordovician and Silurian cephalopods, chiefly from Boothia Felix-King William Land, Bache Peninsula, and Bear Island. <em>Journal of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University.</em> 19: 247-306. [details]
Stratigraphy Tremadocian to lower Middle Ordovician
Stratigraphy Tremadocian to lower Middle Ordovician [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ellesmeroceras Foeste, 1921 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1740759 on 2025-09-12
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Foerste, A. F. (1921). Notes on Arctic Ordovician and Silurian cephalopods, chiefly from Boothia Felix-King William Land, Bache Peninsula, and Bear Island. <em>Journal of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University.</em> 19: 247-306. [details]
basis of record Kröger, B.; Landing, E. (2007). The earliest Ordovician cephalopods of eastern Laurentia — Ellesmerocerids of the Hill Formation, eastern New York. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 81(5): 841-857., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/pleo05-166.1 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Kröger, B.; Landing, E. (2007). The earliest Ordovician cephalopods of eastern Laurentia — Ellesmerocerids of the Hill Formation, eastern New York. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 81(5): 841-857., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/pleo05-166.1 [details] Available for editors

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Stratigraphy Tremadocian to lower Middle Ordovician [details]