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Dawsonoceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4624556	https://www.gbif.org/species/4624556
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	12489	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12489

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Dawsonoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Dawsonoceratidae : Dawsonoceras

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	Zhuravleva 1994
order	Orthocerida	Kuhn 1940
suborder	Orthoceratina	Dzik 1984
family	Dawsonoceratidae	Flower 1962
genus	Dawsonoceras	Hyatt 1884

Scientific Name

Dawsonoceras Hyatt, 1884

Name Published In

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dawsonoceras	genus	belongs to Dawsonoceratidae	stated with evidence	Hyatt, 1884

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

453 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

393 - 388 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)

A. Hyatt. 1884. Genera of fossil cephalopods. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 22:253-338

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cycloceras fenestratum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dawsonoceras annulatum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		34	443 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Dawsonoceras arisaigense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dawsonoceras barrandei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dawsonoceras fenestratum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dawsonoceras fimbriatum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Dawsonoceras gregarium ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dawsonoceras hyatti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	441 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Dawsonoceras multiliratum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dawsonoceras stumburi ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Orthoceras annulatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthoceras fimbriatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1884	Dawsonoceras Hyatt p. 276
1962	Dawsonoceras Flower
1964	Dawsonoceras Teichert et al. p. 238
2002	Dawsonoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2013	Dawsonoceras Kröger

References

Hyatt A. Genera of fossil cephalopods, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 22, 253-338

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

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

Kröger B. (2013) The cephalopods of Boda Limestone, Late Ordovocian, of Dalarna, Sweden, European Journal of Taxonomy 41, 1-110

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

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 - 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

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!

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