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Proterocameroceratidae ✝

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The Proterocameroceratidae were the first of the Endocerida. They began early in the Ordovician with Proendoceras or similar genus which had developed endocones, replacing the diaphragms of the ellesmerocerid ancestor.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proterocameroceratidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3245696	https://www.gbif.org/species/3245696
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	122374	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=122374

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Proterocameroceratidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Endocerida : Proterocameroceratidae

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	Endocerida	Hyatt in Zittel 1900
family	Proterocameroceratidae	Kobayashi 1937

Scientific Name

Proterocameroceratidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Proterocameroceratidae	family	belongs to Proterocameroceratina	stated with evidence	Flower, 1958
Proterocameroceratidae	family	belongs to Endocerida	stated with evidence	Hook and Flower, 1977
Proterocameroceratidae	family	belongs to Endocerida	stated without evidence	Kröger and Landing, 2009
Proterocameroceratidae	family	belongs to Endocerida	stated with evidence	Evans, 2011
Proterocameroceratidae	family	belongs to Endocerida	stated without evidence	Kröger, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

466 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

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)

C. Teichert, B. Kummel, and WC Sweet, HB Stenzel, WM Furnish, BF Glenister, HK Erben, RC Moore, DE Nodine Zeller. 1964. Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K(3):1-519

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proterocameroceratidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anthoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Campendoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Clitendoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	24	485 Ma Cambrian	470 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cotteroceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	485 Ma Cambrian	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Escharendoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Exoclitendoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Lobendoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Lobosiphon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Manitouoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mccluskiceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Mcqueenoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	17	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Meniscoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Mysticoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Oderoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	485 Ma Cambrian	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Paraendoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Phragmosiphon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Platysiphon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Pliendoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Proendoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Proterocameroceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	36	485 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Protocyptendoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	485 Ma Cambrian	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Retroclitendoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Stenosiphon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1937	Proterocameroceratidae Kobayashi
1958	Proterocameroceratidae Flower
1977	Proterocameroceratidae Hook and Flower
2008	Proterocameroceratidae Kröger and Landing
2009	Proterocameroceratidae Kröger and Landing p. 166
2011	Proterocameroceratidae Evans
2011	Proterocameroceratidae Kröger and Evans
2012	Proterocameroceratidae Kröger
2012	Proterocameroceratidae Kröger and Lefebvre

References

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

Flower R. H. (1958) Some Chazyan and Mohawkian Endoceratida, Journal of Paleontology 32 3, 433-458

Hook S. C., Flower R. H. (1977) Late Canadian (Zones J, K) cephalopod faunas from Southwestern United States, New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources 32, 1-56

Kröger B., Landing E. (2008) Onset of the Ordovician cephalopod radiation - evidence from the Rochdale Formation (middle Early Ordovician, Stairsian)in eastern New York, Geological Magazine 145 4, 490-520 doi:10.1017/S0016756808004585

Kröger B., Landing E. (2009) Cephalopods and Paleoenvironments of the Fort Cassin Formation (Upper Lower Ordovician), eastern New York and adjacent Vermont, Journal of Paleontology 83 5, 664-693

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., Lefebvre B. (2012) Palaeogeography and palaeoecology of early Floian (Early Ordovician) cephalopods from the Upper Fezouata Formation, Anti-Atlas, Morocco, Fossil Record 15 2, 61-75

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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