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Oelandoceras

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4624566https://www.gbif.org/species/4624566
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)12398https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12398
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Oelandoceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ellesmerocerida : Ellesmeroceratidae : Oelandoceras
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusOelandocerasFoerste 1932
Scientific NameOelandoceras Foerste, 1932
Name Published InOhio J. Sci., 32, no. 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Oelandocerasgenusbelongs to Ellesmeroceratidaestated with evidenceTeichert et al., 1964
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance479 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance472 - 464 Ma
Ordovician
Environmentmarine (based on Ellesmerocerida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ellesmerocerida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cephalopoda)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ellesmerocerida)
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
Oelandoceras haelluddenense
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1932Oelandoceras Foerste p. 170
1964Oelandoceras Teichert et al. p. 144
2005Oelandoceras Kröger and Mutvei

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., Mutvei H. (2005) Nautiloids with multiple paired muscle scars from Lower–Middle Ordovician of Baltoscandia, Palaeontology 48 4, 781-791
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
SN2000 unverified - 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
Ohio J. Sci., 32, 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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