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Ancistroceras

Description

Ancistroceras is one of the two ancestral lituitids from the late Early Ordovician (Arenigian). The other being Holmiceras.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8605053https://www.gbif.org/species/8605053
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)12452https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12452
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Lituitidae : Ancistroceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Lituitidae : Ancistroceras
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoideaZhuravleva 1994
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
suborderLituitina
familyLituitidaePhilips 1848
genusAncistrocerasRemele 1881
Scientific NameAncistroceras Remele, 1881
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ancistrocerasgenusbelongs to Lituitidaestated with evidenceSweet, 1958
Ancistrocerasgenussubjective synonym of Ancistrocerasstated with evidenceSweet, 1958
Ancistrocerasgenusbelongs to Lituitidaestated with evidenceTeichert et al., 1964
Ancistrocerasgenusbelongs to Lituitidaestated without evidenceEvans, 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance466 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance458 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Environmentmarine (based on Orthocerida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Orthocerida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Lituitina)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Lituitina)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. C. Sweet. 1958. The middle ordovician of the Oslo region, Norway 10. Nautiloid Cephalopods. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 38:1-178
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancistroceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ancistroceras oklahomae
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Ancistroceras undulatum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1958Ancistroceras Sweet
1964Ancistroceras Teichert et al. p. 366
2005Ancistroceras Evans

References

Sweet W. C. (1958) The middle ordovician of the Oslo region, Norway 10. Nautiloid Cephalopods, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 38, 1-178
Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519
Evans D. H. (2005) The Lower and Middle Ordovician cephalopod faunas of England and Wales, Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 623, 1-81
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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