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Borissiakoceras ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Binneyitidae : Borissiakoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Binneyitidae : Borissiakoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Borissiakoceras Archangelskil, 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Mem. Com. Géol. Petrograd, (N. S.) 152 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 89.3 - 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. L. Bohach and E. K. Frampton. 2015. Middle Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) molluscs of the Shaftesbury Formation, Birch Mountains, northeastern Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52(8):542-556 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Borissiakoceras ashurkoffae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Borissiakoceras auriculatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Borissiakoceras compressum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Borissiakoceras desmoceratoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Borissiakoceras inconstans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Borissiakoceras orbiculatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Borissjakoceras Morrow, 1935 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Binneyitidae : Borissjakoceras |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1916 | Borissiakoceras Arkhangel'skii |
| 1935 | Borissjakoceras Morrow |
| 1990 | Borissiakoceras Kennedy and Cobban p. 385 |
| 2002 | Borissiakoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2015 | Borissjakoceras Bohach and Frampton p. 61 |
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!
