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Bassleroceras spissiseptum ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8545721	https://www.gbif.org/species/8545721
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	173172	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=173172

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Bassleroceratidae : Bassleroceras : Bassleroceras spissiseptum

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ellesmerocerida : Ellesmeroceratidae : Bassleroceras : Bassleroceras spissiseptum

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	Ellesmeroceratidae	Kobayashi 1934
genus	Bassleroceras	Ulrich and Foerste 1936
species	Bassleroceras spissiseptum	Dwight 1884

Generic Name

Bassleroceras

Scientific Name

Bassleroceras spissiseptum Dwight, 1884

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bassleroceras spissiseptum	species	belongs to Bassleroceras	stated with evidence	Dwight, 1884

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

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)

E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, and A. K. Miller, W. M. Furnish. 1944. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, longicones and summary. Geological Society of America Special Paper 58:1-226

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1884	Bassleroceras spissiseptum Dwight

References

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

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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