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Cycloceras ✝
| Description | Cycloceras is an extinct nautiloid cephalopod genus from the Carboniferous of Western Europe, (Ireland and Scotland) of unknown affinity with the orthocerida (Sweet 1964 in) From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Cycloceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Cycloceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Cycloceras M'Coy, 1844 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous Limestone fossils of Ireland, p. 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 466 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Orthocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Orthocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Orthocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Orthocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cycloceras aokii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cycloceras austini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cycloceras clintoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cycloceras gaspense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cycloceras hsiangtanense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Cycloceras junciforme species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cycloceras laevigatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cycloceras louderbacki species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cycloceras manchuriense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cycloceras marginale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cycloceras olorus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Cycloceras shensiense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cycloceras waageni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1844 | Cycloceras M'Coy |
| 1944 | Orthoceras (Cycloceras) Reed p. 366 |
| 1962 | Cycloceras Flower |
| 1964 | Cycloceras Teichert et al. p. 259 |
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!
