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Kionoceras ✝
| Description | Kionoceras is an extinct nautiloid cephalopod genus included in the orthocerid family Kionoceratidae with scattered worldwide distribution from the Middle Ordovician to the Lower Permian. Kionoceratids are orthocerids with prominent longitudinal ornamentation on their shells, sometimes augmented by secondary transverse ornamenttion. Orthocerids are, of course, prehistoric nautiloides with generally straight and elongate shells, mostly with central or subcentral siphuncles. (Sweet 1964) From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kionoceras, 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 : Orthoceratidae : Kionoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Kionoceratidae : Kionoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Kionoceras Hyatt, 1884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 468 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Kionoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Kionoceras aegea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras angulatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras austini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras barbense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras bellense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras bouleauxense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras coralliforme ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Kionoceras coralliformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras decorahense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Kionoceras doricum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 433 Ma Silurian | 426 Ma Silurian | |
| Kionoceras erraticum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Kionoceras fililineatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras infrequens ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Kionoceras laqueatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Kionoceras latouri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras magnisulcatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Kionoceras magnisulcaturn species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras mutabile species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras muyagirum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Kionoceras myrice species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras oedipus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras perlineatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kionoceras polyplicatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Kionoceras serenum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Kionoceras valcourense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Kionoceras virgatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 441 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Kionoceras wrighti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthoceras coralliformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthoceras doricum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthoceras laqueatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthoceras magnisulcatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthoceras virgatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1884 | Kionoceras Hyatt |
| 1944 | Kionoceras Ulrich et al. |
| 1958 | Kionoceras Sweet |
| 1964 | Kionoceras Teichert et al. p. 229 |
| 1967 | Kionoceras Miagkova |
| 2008 | Kionoceras 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!
