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Proterocameroceras ✝
Description | Proterocameroceras is an early Endocerid from the upper Lower Ordovician belong to the Proterocameroceratidae, characterized by a rather large, straight, longiconic shell, short chambers, generally straight sutures, and large ventral siphuncle with short septal necks, thick complex connecting rings, and endocones with three endosiphuncular blades toward the apex. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proterocameroceras, 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 : Proterocameroceratidae : Proterocameroceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Endocerida : Proterocameroceratidae : Proterocameroceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Proterocameroceras Ruedemann, 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | N. York State Palaeontologist, 1903, 322 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 466 - 450 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Endocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Endocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Endocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Proterocameroceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Orthoceras baculoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Orthoceras brainerdi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Orthoceras durinum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Proterocameroceras baculoides ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
Proterocameroceras brainerdi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Proterocameroceras durinum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
Proterocameroceras hormale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Proterocameroceras sibiricum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1905 | Proterocameroceras Ruedemann |
1906 | Cameroceras (Proterocameroceras) Ruedemann p. 405 |
1944 | Proterocameroceras Ulrich et al. |
1964 | Proterocameroceras Teichert et al. p. 166 |
2009 | Proterocameroceras Kröger and Landing |
2011 | Proterocameroceras Evans |
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!