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Protocycloceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4624541	https://www.gbif.org/species/4624541
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	12407	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12407

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Protocycloceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Protocycloceratidae : Protocycloceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthoceratoidea
family	Protocycloceratidae	Kobayashi 1935
genus	Protocycloceras	Hyatt 1900

Scientific Name

Protocycloceras Hyatt, 1900

Name Published In

in Eastman-Zittel, Text-Book Palaeont, 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Protocycloceras	genus	belongs to Spyroceratidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich et al., 1944
Protocycloceras	genus	belongs to Protocycloceratidae	stated with evidence	Teichert et al., 1964

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

303 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous

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)

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
Orthoceras becki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthoceras catulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthoceras furtivum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthoceras lamarcki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthoceras mendax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthoceras ordinatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthoceras rushense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthoceras xerxes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protocycloceras abnorme ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras affine ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras arkansasense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Protocycloceras becki ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Protocycloceras catulus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	485 Ma Cambrian	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras doniphonense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Protocycloceras furtivum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras gangshanense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Protocycloceras geronticum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras lamarcki ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		15	485 Ma Cambrian	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras levisense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras manitouense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras mendax ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Protocycloceras odenvillense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras ordinatum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras philipsburgense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras rushense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	314 Ma Carboniferous	303 Ma Carboniferous
Protocycloceras smithvillense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras xerxes ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1900	Protocycloceras Hyatt and Zittel p. 518
1944	Protocycloceras Ulrich et al.
1964	Protocycloceras Teichert et al. p. 152
1977	Protocycloceras Hook and Flower
1994	Rhabdocycloceras Zhuravleva p. 128
2009	Protocycloceras Kröger and Landing
2011	Protocycloceras Evans

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Ulrich E. O., Foerste A. F., et al (1944) Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, longicones and summary, Geological Society of America Special Paper 58, 1-226

Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519

Hook S. C., Flower R. H. (1977) Late Canadian (Zones J, K) cephalopod faunas from Southwestern United States, New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources 32, 1-56

Kröger B., Landing E. (2009) Cephalopods and Paleoenvironments of the Fort Cassin Formation (Upper Lower Ordovician), eastern New York and adjacent Vermont, Journal of Paleontology 83 5, 664-693

Evans D.H. (2011) The Lower Ordovician cephalopod faunas of the Durness Group, North-West Scotland, Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 165, 1-131

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Eastman-Zittel, Text-Book Palaeont, 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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