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Pseudorthoceratidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pseudorthocerida : Pseudorthoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Gordon, Jr. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cayutoceratinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pseudactinoceratinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Pseudorthoceratinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 195 | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Buchanoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Dinocycloceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Geidoloceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Hebetorthoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 306 Ma Carboniferous | |
Malgaoceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
Mitorthoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 42 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 306 Ma Carboniferous | |
Mongoceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 443 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Mooreoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 51 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Neocycloceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 24 | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Probatoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Subdoloceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Subormoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 423 Ma Silurian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1935 | Pseudorthoceratidae Flower and Caster |
1954 | Mooreoceratidae Shimanskiy p. 119 |
1956 | Shikanoceratidae Shimansky |
1964 | Pseudorthoceratidae Sweet |
1964 | Pseudorthoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 242 |
1967 | Pseudorthoceratidae Miagkova |
1968 | Pseudorthoceratidae Barskov |
1995 | Pseudorthoceratidae Frey p. P41 |
2005 | Pseudorthoceratidae Kröger and Mapes |
2008 | Pseudorthoceratidae Kröger |
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!