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Eucalycoceras ✝

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Description

Eucalycoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonite subclass.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalycoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4626908	https://www.gbif.org/species/4626908
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14866	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14866

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Eucalycoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Eucalycoceras

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	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea
family	Acanthoceratidae	Grossouvre 1894
subfamily	Acanthoceratinae	de Groussouvre 1894
genus	Eucalycoceras	Spath 1923

Scientific Name

Eucalycoceras Spath, 1923

Name Published In

Summ. Progr. geol. Surv., 1922: 144

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eucalycoceras	subgenus	belongs to Calycoceras	stated with evidence	Collignon, 1937
Eucalycoceras	genus	belongs to Acanthoceratidae	stated with evidence	Cobban, 1988
Eucalycoceras	genus	belongs to Acanthoceratinae	stated with evidence	Kennedy, 1994
Eucalycoceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

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/Eucalycoceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eucalycoceras (Proeucalycoceras) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Calycoceras diabloense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eucalycoceras bentonianum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eucalycoceras collignoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eucalycoceras constrictum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eucalycoceras denizoti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eucalycoceras diabloense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eucalycoceras gothicum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eucalycoceras jeanneti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eucalycoceras leonense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eucalycoceras pentagonum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eucalycoceras pseudobaylei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eucalycoceras templetonense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1923	Eucalycoceras Spath p. 144
1937	Calycoceras (Eucalycoceras) Collignon p. 37
1988	Eucalycoceras Cobban p. 8
1994	Eucalycoceras Kennedy p. 229
1996	Eucalycoceras Kennedy et al. p. 316
2002	Eucalycoceras Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Cobban W. A. (1988) Tarrantoceras Stephenson and related ammonoid genera from Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) rocks in Texas and the western interior of the United States, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1473, 1-30

Kennedy W. J. (1994) Cenomanian ammonites from Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhone, France, Palaeopelagos Special Publication 1, 209-254

Kennedy W. J., et al (1996) Cenomanian ammonites from Pech de Foix (Ariege, France), Géobios 29 3, 307-318

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

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 557 Designation under the Plenary Powers of a type species in harmony with accustomed usage for the nominal genus Calycoceras Hyatt, 1900 (class Cephalopoda, order Ammonoidea).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20(24), 265-276 (1959) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Mem. Geol. Surv., Summary Progr. 1922, App. 2 - 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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