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Ephippioceras ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Ephippioceratidae : Ephippioceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Ephippoceratidae : Ephippioceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Ephippioceras Hyatt, 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 336 - 326 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ephippioceras clitellarium ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 309 Ma Carboniferous | |
Ephippioceras ferratum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Ephippioceras inexpectans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Ephippioceras moinellae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 306 Ma Carboniferous | 303 Ma Carboniferous | |
Ephippioceras sphaericum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Ephippioceras verneuili ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Nautilus clitellarius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nautilus ferratus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1884 | Ephippioceras Hyatt |
1894 | Ephippioceras Hyatt p. 539 |
1964 | Ephippioceras Teichert et al. p. 448 |
2002 | Ephippioceras 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!