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Wutinoceratidae ✝
| Description | The Wutinoceratidae are a family of early actinocerids defined by Shimazu and Obata in 1938 for actinocerids with thick connecting rings and a complex irregular canal system. Actinocerids are generally straight shelled nautiloid cephalopods with a siphuncle composed of expanded segments, typically with thin connecting rings, in which the internal deposits are penetrated by a system of canals. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wutinoceratidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Wutinoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Actinocerida : Wutinoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Wutinoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 466 - 458 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Actinocerida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Actinocerida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Actinocerida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. A. Stait and C. F. Burrett. 1984. Ordovician nautiloid faunas of Central and Southern Thailand. Geological Magazine 121(2):115-124 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wutinoceratidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Wutinoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1935 | Wutinoceratidae Shimizu and Obata |
| 1984 | Wutinoceratidae Stait and Burrett |
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!
