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Winnipegoceras ✝
| Description | Winnipegoceras is an extinct nautiloid genus from the Ordovician belonging to the Order Discosorida. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipegoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Westonoceratidae : Winnipegoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Discosorida : Westonoceratidae : Winnipegoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Winnipegoceras Foerste, 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Contrib. Mus. Paleont. Univ. Michigan, 3 (3), 33, 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 450 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Discosorida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Discosorida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Discosorida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipegoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Winnipegoceras fragmentaricum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Winnipegoceras humei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Winnipegoceras laticurvatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Winnipegoceras royi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Winnipegoceras sinclairi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1928 | Winnipegoceras Foerste |
| 1934 | Winnipegoceras Strand |
| 1964 | Winnipegoceras Teichert et al. p. 334 |
| 2002 | Winnipegoceras 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!
