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Pseudorthoceras ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pseudorthoceratidae : Pseudorthoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pseudorthocerida : Pseudorthoceratidae : Pseudorthoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pseudorthoceras Girty, 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Ann. N. York Acad., 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 376 - 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | G. H. Girty. 1912. On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21(2):119-156 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Orthoceras knoxensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthoceras pillae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudorthoceras knoxense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 148 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Pseudorthoceras neumannae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pseudorthoceras pillae ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Pseudorthoceras simense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pseudorthoceras stonense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1912 | Pseudorthoceras Girty |
| 1961 | Pseudorthoceras Hoare p. 129 |
| 1964 | Pseudorthoceras Teichert et al. p. 243 |
| 2002 | Pseudorthoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Pseudorthoceras Kröger and Mapes |
References
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!
