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Proteoceras ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Proteoceratidae : Proteoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Proteoceratidae : Proteoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Proteoceras Flower, 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | J. Paleont., 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 458 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 461 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | R. H. Flower. 1955. New Chazyan orthocones. Journal of Paleontology 29(5):806-830 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Oonoceras perkinsi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Orthoceras moniliforme ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Orthoceras tyronensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Proteoceras obliquum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Proteoceras pulchrum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Proteoceras tubulare species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Proteoceras tyronensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1955 | Proteoceras Flower |
1962 | Proteoceras Flower |
1964 | Proteoceras Teichert et al. p. 255 |
1995 | Proteoceras Frey p. P36 |
2002 | Proteoceras 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!