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Ectenoceras ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Cyrtendoceratidae : Ectenoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Endocerida : Cyrtendoceratidae : Ectenoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ectenoceras Ulrich & Foerste, 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 478 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Endocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Endocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Endocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Cyrtoceras gracilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ectenoceras arbucklense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Ectenoceras arcuosutum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras chepultepecense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras compressum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras curvatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras ellipticum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras exile ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras gracile ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras higdonense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras laqueatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras longum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras millsi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras obliquum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras pergracile ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras perobliquum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras ruedemanni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras subcurvatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenoceras subcurvatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ectenoceras subgracile ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ectenolites subgracile species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ellesmeroceras curvatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1936 | Ectenoceras Ulrich and Foerste |
| 1943 | Ectenoceras Ulrich et al. |
| 1956 | Ectenoceras Unklesbay and Young p. 486 |
| 2002 | Ectenoceras 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!
