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Aphetoceras ruedemanni ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8605236	https://www.gbif.org/species/8605236
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	171458	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=171458

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Estonioceratidae : Aphetoceras : Aphetoceras ruedemanni

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Tarphycerida : Estonioceratidae : Aphetoceras : Aphetoceras ruedemanni

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	Tarphycerida
family	Estonioceratidae	Hyatt 1900
genus	Aphetoceras	Hyatt 1894
species	Aphetoceras ruedemanni	Ulrich et al. 1942

Generic Name

Aphetoceras

Scientific Name

Aphetoceras ruedemanni Ulrich et al., 1942

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aphetoceras ruedemanni	species	belongs to Aphetoceras	stated with evidence	Ulrich et al., 1942

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

478 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

478 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Motility

fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Cephalopoda)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Tarphycerida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, and A. K. Miller, W. M. Furnish. 1942. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, Part I: Nautilicones. Geological Society of America Special Papers 37:1-157

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1942	Aphetoceras ruedemanni Ulrich et al. p. 22

References

Ulrich E. O., Foerste A. F., et al (1942) Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, Part I: Nautilicones, Geological Society of America Special Papers 37, 1-157

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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