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Endocycloceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4625746	https://www.gbif.org/species/4625746
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	12370	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12370

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Protocycloceratidae : Endocycloceras

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
subclass	Orthoceratoidea
family	Protocycloceratidae	Kobayashi 1935
genus	Endocycloceras	Ulrich Foerste Miller & Unklesbay 1944

Scientific Name

Endocycloceras Ulrich, Foerste, Miller & Unklesbay, 1944

Name Published In

Spec. Pap. Geol. Soc. Amer., 58

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Endocycloceras	genus	belongs to Endocycloceratidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich et al., 1944
Endocycloceras	genus	belongs to Protocycloceratidae	stated with evidence	Flower, 1964
Endocycloceras	genus	belongs to Ellesmerocerida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician

Motility

fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Cephalopoda)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Cephalopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, and A. K. Miller, W. M. Furnish. 1944. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, longicones and summary. Geological Society of America Special Paper 58:1-226

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Endocycloceras gracile ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Endocycloceras legorense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Endocycloceras perannulatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Endocycloceras subcurvatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Endocycloceras wilsonae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1944	Endocycloceras Ulrich et al.
1964	Endocycloceras Flower p. 130
1964	Endocycloceras Teichert et al. p. 154
2002	Endocycloceras Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Ulrich E. O., Foerste A. F., et al (1944) Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, longicones and summary, Geological Society of America Special Paper 58, 1-226

Flower R. H. (1964) The Nautiloid Order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda), State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 12, 234 p.

Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

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

Spec. Pap. Geol. Soc. Amer., 58 - 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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