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Pseudorthocerida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pseudorthocerida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 472 - 461 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | I. S. Barskov. 1968. K evolutsii otryada Pseudorthoceratida (Golovonogye Mollyuski). Vsesoyusnoe Paleontologicheskogo Obchestvo, Trudy XII sessii Vsesoyusnovo Paleontologicheskogo Obchestvo 1968:90-97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pseudorthoceratidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 359 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Spyroceratidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 370 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1968 | Pseudorthocerida Barskov |
| 2005 | Pseudorthocerida Evans p. 58 |
| 2008 | Pseudorthocerida Kröger |
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!
