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Ectocycloceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4625747	https://www.gbif.org/species/4625747
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	12368	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12368

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Protocycloceratidae : Ectocycloceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ellesmerocerida : Rudolfoceratidae : Ectocycloceras

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
order	Ellesmerocerida
family	Rudolfoceratidae	Ulrich et al. 1944
genus	Ectocycloceras	Ulrich & Foerste 1935

Scientific Name

Ectocycloceras Ulrich & Foerste, 1935

Name Published In

Denison Univ. Bull., J. Sci. Lab., 30

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ectocycloceras	genus	belongs to Rudolfoceratidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich et al., 1944
Ectocycloceras	genus	belongs to Protocycloceratidae	stated with evidence	Teichert et al., 1964
Ectocycloceras	genus	belongs to Ellesmerocerida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ectocycloceras	genus	belongs to Rudolfoceratidae	stated with evidence	Evans, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician

Environment

marine (based on Ellesmerocerida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ellesmerocerida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Cephalopoda)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ellesmerocerida)

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
Ectocycloceras cataline ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Ectocycloceras cato ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Ectocycloceras levisense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Orthoceras cataline species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthoceras cato species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rudolfoceras levisense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1936	Ectocycloceras Ulrich and Foerste p. 275
1944	Ectocycloceras Ulrich et al.
1964	Ectocycloceras Teichert et al. p. 152
2002	Ectocycloceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2011	Ectocycloceras 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

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

Denison Univ. Bull., J. Sci. Lab., 30 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

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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