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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4627758	https://www.gbif.org/species/4627758
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	12647	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12647

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ascoceratidae : Schuchertoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ascocerida : Ascoceratidae : Schuchertoceras

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	Ascocerida	Kuhn 1949
family	Ascoceratidae	Barrande 1867
genus	Schuchertoceras	Miller 1932

Scientific Name

Schuchertoceras Miller, 1932

Name Published In

Univ. Iowa Stud. Nat. Hist., 14, no. 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Schuchertoceras	genus	belongs to Ascoceratinae	stated with evidence	Teichert et al., 1964
Schuchertoceras	genus	belongs to Ascoceratinae	implied	Frye, 1982
Schuchertoceras	genus	belongs to Ascocerida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Schuchertoceras	genus	belongs to Ascoceratidae	stated with evidence	Kröger, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

445 - 433 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Cephalopoda)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ascocerida)

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
Ascoceras anticostiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Billingsites troedssoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Schuchertoceras anticostiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Schuchertoceras bodense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Schuchertoceras fryi ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Schuchertoceras norvegicum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Schuchertoceras troedssoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1932	Schuchertoceras Miller p. 28
1964	Schuchertoceras Teichert et al. p. 275
1982	Schuchertoceras Frye p. 1275
2002	Schuchertoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2013	Schuchertoceras Kröger

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

Frye M. W. (1982) Upper Ordovician (Harjuan) Nautiloid Cephalopods from the Boda Limestone of Sweden, Journal of Paleontology 56 5, 1274-1292

Kröger B. (2013) The cephalopods of Boda Limestone, Late Ordovocian, of Dalarna, Sweden, European Journal of Taxonomy 41, 1-110

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

Univ. Iowa Stud. Nat. Hist., 14, no. 4 - 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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