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Strandoceras ✝
| Description | Strandoceras is a strongly curved cyrtogomphoceratid with a laterally compressed cross section from the middle and upper Ordovician of Northern Europe; Estonia, Norway, the U.K. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strandoceras, 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 : Cyrtogomphoceratidae : Strandoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Discosorida : Cyrtogomphoceratidae : Strandoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Strandoceras Flower, 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 446 - 444 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/Strandoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Codoceras schmidti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cyrtoceras sonax species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phragmoceras sphynx species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Protophragmoceras tyriense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Strandoceras orvikui ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Strandoceras schmidti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Strandoceras sonax ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Strandoceras sphinx ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Strandoceras sphinx ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Strandoceras strandi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Strandoceras tyriense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1946 | Strandoceras Flower |
| 1958 | Strandoceras Sweet |
| 1964 | Strandoceras Teichert et al. p. 329 |
| 2007 | Strandoceras Kröger |
| 2013 | Strandoceras 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!
