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Mandaloceras ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4621457https://www.gbif.org/species/4621457
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)12882https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12882
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Mandaloceratidae : Mandaloceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Discosorida : Mandaloceratidae : Mandaloceras
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderDiscosoridaFlower 1950
familyMandaloceratidaeFlower and Teichert 1957
genusMandalocerasHyatt 1900
Scientific NameMandaloceras Hyatt, 1900
Name Published Inin Eastman-Zittel, Text-Book Palaeont., 1, no. 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mandalocerasgenusbelongs to Mandaloceratidaestated with evidenceTeichert et al., 1964
Mandalocerasgenusbelongs to Discosoridasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance441 - 439 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance423 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Discosorida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Discosorida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cephalopoda)
Taphonomyaragonite (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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mandaloceras austini
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mandaloceras erectum
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mandaloceras hawthornense
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mandaloceras wabashense
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1900Mandaloceras Hyatt in Zittel
1964Mandaloceras Teichert et al. p. 340
2002Mandaloceras Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
in Eastman-Zittel, Text-Book Palaeont., 1, no. 2 - 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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