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Trochoceras ✝
| Description | Trochoceras is a genus of trochoidally coiled nautiloid cephalopods placed in the nautilid family Rutoceratidae that lived during the Middle and Late Devonian in what is now central Europe. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Rutoceratidae : Trochoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Trochoceras Barrande, 1847 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Ber. Mitt. Fr. Nat. Wien, 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 409 - 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Nautilida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Nautilida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Nautilida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Trochoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Trochoceras boreale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoceras desplainense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoceras halli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoceras marylandicum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoceras pulcherrimum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochoceras subquadratum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Trococeras Tryon, 1879 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Rutoceratidae : Trococeras |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1848 | Trochoceras Barrande in von Hauer |
| 1964 | Trochoceras Teichert et al. p. 422 |
| 2002 | Trochoceras 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!
