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Pseudorthoceratinae ✝
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| Rank | subfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pseudorthocerida : Pseudorthoceratidae : Pseudorthoceratinae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | W. C. Sweet. 1964. Nautiloidea–Orthocerida. In C. Teichert et. al. (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (K) Mollusca 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Eifeloceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pseudocyrtoceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pseudorthoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 190 | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Simorthoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Uralorthoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 290 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1964 | Pseudorthoceratinae Sweet |
| 1964 | Pseudorthoceratinae Teichert et al. p. 242 |
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!
