Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Baltoceratidae : Rioceras : Rioceras expansum |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ellesmerocerida : Rioceratidae : Rioceras : Rioceras expansum |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Rioceras |
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Scientific Name | Rioceras expansum Flower, 1964 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Rioceras expansum | species | belongs to Rioceras | stated with evidence | Flower, 1964 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic |
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Environment | marine (based on Ellesmerocerida) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Ellesmerocerida) |
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Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) |
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Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ellesmerocerida) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. H. Flower. 1964. The Nautiloid Order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 12:234 p. |
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