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Neumatoceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4623452	https://www.gbif.org/species/4623452
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13071	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13071

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncoceratidae : Neumatoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncocerida : Oncoceratidae : Neumatoceras

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	Oncocerida
family	Oncoceratidae	Hyatt 1884
genus	Neumatoceras	Foerste 1935

Scientific Name

Neumatoceras Foerste, 1935

Name Published In

Denison Univ. Bull., J. Sci. Lab. 30, 1, 31 (as Neumatoceraras p. 32).

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Neumatoceras	genus	belongs to Oncoceratidae	stated with evidence	Teichert et al., 1964
Neumatoceras	genus	belongs to Oncoceratida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Neumatoceras	genus	belongs to Oncoceratidae	stated with evidence	Kröger et al., 2009

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

472 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Oncocerida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Oncocerida)

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

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Neumatoceras borense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Neumatoceras canyonense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neumatoceras carisoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neumatoceras drummuckense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Neumatoceras milleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neumatoceras parviborense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Neumatoceras subconicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Neumatoceraras Foerste, 1935	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncoceratidae : *Neumatoceraras*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1935	Neumatoceras Foerste p. 31
1964	Neumatoceras Teichert et al. p. 288
2002	Neumatoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2009	Neumatoceras Kröger et al.

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

Kröger B., Zhang Y., et al (2009) Discosorids and Oncocerids (Cephalopoda) of the Middle Ordovician Kunda and Aseri Regional Stages of Baltoscandia and the early evolution of these groups, Geobios 42, 273-293 doi:doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.09.006

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

Denison Univ. Bull., J. Sci. Lab. 30, 1, 31 (as Neumatoceraras p. 32). - 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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