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Endocerida ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	12704	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12704

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Endocerida

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	Endocerida	Hyatt in Zittel 1900

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Endocerida	order	belongs to Endoceratoidea	stated with evidence	Teichert et al., 1964
Endocerida	order	belongs to Nautiloidea	stated without evidence	Evans, 1993
Endocerida	order	belongs to Cephalopoda	stated without evidence	Kröger and Evans, 2011
Endocerida	order	belongs to Nautiloidea	stated with evidence	Evans, 2011
Endocerida	order	belongs to Cephalopoda	stated without evidence	Kröger, 2012
Endocerida	order	belongs to Cephalopoda	stated with evidence	Kröger, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

256

First Recorded Appearance

499 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Endocerida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Endocerida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Endocerida)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Allotrioceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	485 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Chihlioceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Cyrtendoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	39	485 Ma Cambrian	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Endoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	495	485 Ma Cambrian	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Humeoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Manchuroceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	55	485 Ma Cambrian	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Piloceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	84	485 Ma Cambrian	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Proterocameroceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	152	485 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Thylacoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Botryceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cacheoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Chisiloceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	19	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Choreanoceroides ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dartonoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Disphenoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eocameroceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	499 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Farroceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hoyoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ignoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Juaboceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Kiotoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Kugeloceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lobocyclendoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Najaceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Palaeocyclendoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Paracyclendoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Perkinsoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pronajaceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Protocyclendoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rossicoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Schmidtoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sewardoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Telleroceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Trinitoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ventrolobendoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Williamsoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Winstonoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Yorkoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1900	Endocerida Hyatt in Zittel
1906	Baltoceras pusillum Ruedemann p. 431 figs. 4-5 Pl. 9
1944	Endoceras pusillum Ulrich et al.
1964	Rioceras pusillum Flower p. 105
1964	Endocerida Teichert et al. p. 165
1993	Endocerida Evans p. 163

Year	Name and Author
1994	Endocerida Evans p. 16
2011	Endocerida Evans
2011	Endocerida Kröger and Evans
2012	Endocerida Kröger
2013	Endocerida Kröger

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Ruedemann R. (1906) Cephalopoda of the Beekmantown and Chazy formations of the Champlain Basin, Bulletin of the New York State Museum, Paleontology\r\n 14, 389-611

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

Flower R. H. (1964) The Nautiloid Order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda), State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 12, 234 p.

Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519

Evans D. H. (1993) The Cephalopod Fauna of the Killey Bridge Formation (Ordovician, Ashgill), Pomeroy, County Tyrone, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 12, 155-189

Evans D. H. (1994) The Cephalopod Fauna of the Bardahessaigh Formation (Caradoc Series) of Pomeroy, County Tyrone, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 13, 11-29

Evans D.H. (2011) The Lower Ordovician cephalopod faunas of the Durness Group, North-West Scotland, Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 165, 1-131

Kröger B., Evans D. H. (2011) Review and paleoecological analysis of the late Tremadocian – early Floian (Early Ordovician) cephalopod fauna of the Montagne Noire, France, Fossil Record 14 1, 5-34 doi:10.1002/mmng.201000013

Kröger B. (2012) The 'Vaginaten': the dominant cephalopods of the Baltoscandian Mid Ordovician endocerid limestone, Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 134 2, 115-132

Kröger B. (2013) The cephalopods of Boda Limestone, Late Ordovocian, of Dalarna, Sweden, European Journal of Taxonomy 41, 1-110

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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