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Foordiceras ornatissimum ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8540937https://www.gbif.org/species/8540937
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)192876https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=192876
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Koninckioceratidae : Foordiceras : Foordiceras ornatissimum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Koninckioceratidae : Foordiceras : Foordiceras ornatissimum
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainocerataceaeHyatt 1883
familyKoninckioceratidaeHyatt in Zittel 1900
genusFoordicerasHyatt 1893
speciesFoordiceras ornatissimumMiller & Youngquist 1949
Generic NameFoordiceras
Scientific NameFoordiceras ornatissimum Miller & Youngquist, 1949
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Foordiceras ornatissimumspeciesbelongs to Foordicerasstated with evidenceMiller and Youngquist, 1949
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance290 - 279 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance290 - 279 Ma
Permian
Motilityactively mobile (based on Nautilida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Nautilida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Nautilida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist. 1949. American Permian nautiloids. Geological Society of America Memoir 41:1-218

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1949Foordiceras ornatissimum Miller and Youngquist p. 102 figs. Pl 46, figs 3-5

References

Miller A. K., Youngquist W. (1949) American Permian nautiloids, Geological Society of America Memoir 41, 1-218
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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