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Ctenoceras ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Ctenoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 464 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 388 - 384 Ma Middle Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ctenoceras schmidti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Ctenoceras sweeti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Ctenoceras verticillatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1884 | Ctenoceras Noetling |
| 1958 | Ctenoceras Sweet |
| 1964 | Ctenoceras Teichert et al. p. 225 |
| 2002 | Ctenoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
