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Megaglossoceras glicki ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8443361	https://www.gbif.org/species/8443361
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	298532	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=298532

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Ephippioceratidae : Megaglossoceras : Megaglossoceras glicki

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Ephippoceratidae : Megaglossoceras : Megaglossoceras glicki

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	Nautiloidea	Agassiz 1847
order	Nautilida	Agassiz 1847
superfamily	Clydonautiloidea
family	Ephippoceratidae	Miller and Youngquist 1949
genus	Megaglossoceras	Miller et al. 1933
species	Megaglossoceras glicki	Gordon 1964

Generic Name

Megaglossoceras

Scientific Name

Megaglossoceras glicki Gordon, 1964

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Megaglossoceras glicki	species	belongs to Megaglossoceras	stated with evidence	Gordon, 1964

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

315 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

315 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Nautilida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Nautilida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Nautilida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Gordon, Jr. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1964	Megaglossoceras glicki Gordon, Jr. p. 163 figs. Pl 14, figs 1,2

References

Gordon, Jr. M. (1964) Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460, 1-322

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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