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Rayonnoceras ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Actinocerida : Carbactinoceratidae : Rayonnoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 339 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 318 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Actinocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Actinocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Actinocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Rayonnoceras cadyi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Rayonnoceras eccentricum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Rayonnoceras fayettevillense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Rayonnoceras irregulare ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Rayonnoceras nobile ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Rayonnoceras protentum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Rayonnoceras solidiforme ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Rayonnoceras vaughanianum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1926 | Rayonnoceras Croneis |
| 1964 | Rayonnoceras Teichert et al. p. 215 |
| 2002 | Rayonnoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
