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Wichitoceras ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Trocholitidae : Wichitoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Tarphycerida : Trocholitidae : Wichitoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Wichitoceras Ulrich, Foerste, Miller & Flower, 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Spec. Pap. Geol. Soc. Amer., 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 472 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 478 - 468 Ma 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
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Wichitoceras chadwickense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
Wichitoceras compressum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Wichitoceras crassum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
Wichitoceras decipiens ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
Wichitoceras naylorense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Wichitoceras ompressum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1942 | Wichitoceras Ulrich et al. |
1964 | Wichitoceras Teichert et al. p. 361 |
2002 | Wichitoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!