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Endocycloceras gracile

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4946632https://www.gbif.org/species/4946632
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)146383https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=146383
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Protocycloceratidae : Endocycloceras : Endocycloceras gracile
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Protocycloceratidae : Endocycloceras : Endocycloceras gracile
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea
familyProtocycloceratidaeKobayashi 1935
genusEndocyclocerasUlrich et al. 1944
speciesEndocycloceras gracileFlower 1964
Generic NameEndocycloceras
Scientific NameEndocycloceras gracile Flower, 1964
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Endocycloceras gracilespeciesbelongs to Endocyclocerasstated with evidenceFlower, 1964
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Cephalopoda)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cephalopoda)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Cephalopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. H. Flower. 1964. The Nautiloid Order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 12:234 p.

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1964Endocycloceras gracile Flower p. 116 figs. 1-4 Pl. 30

References

Flower R. H. (1964) The Nautiloid Order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda), State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 12, 234 p.
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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