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Geisonoceras ✝
| Description | Geisonoceras is an extinct orthocerid genus named by Hyatt, 1884, and type for the Geisonoceratidae established by Zhuravleva in 1959. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisonoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Geisonoceratidae : Geisonoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Geisonoceratidae : Geisonoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Geisonoceras Hyatt, 1884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 388 - 384 Ma Middle Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Orthocerida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Orthocerida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Orthocerida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Orthocerida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisonoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Geisonoceras ellisense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Geisonoceras heintzi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Geisonoceras junceum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Geisonoceras kureikense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 443 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Geisonoceras maclareni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Geisonoceras novacarlislense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Geisonoceras rochesterinse species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Geisonoceras shumardi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Geisonoceras wegelini ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Orthoceras maclareni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthoceras saksbyense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthoceras shumardi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1884 | Geisonoceras Hyatt p. 275 |
| 1934 | Geisonoceras Strand |
| 1964 | Geisonoceras Teichert et al. p. 236 |
| 1967 | Geisonoceras Miagkova |
| 2002 | Geisonoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2013 | Geisonoceras Kröger |
References
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!
