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Trocholitoceras ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Trocholitidae : Trocholitoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Tarphycerida : Trocholitidae : Trocholitoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Trocholitoceras Hyatt, 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 479 - 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) | 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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Trocholitoceras bevani ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Trocholitoceras idaense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trocholitoceras juvenicostatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Trocholitoceras latum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Trocholitoceras philipsburgense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Trocholitoceras walcotti ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1894 | Trocholitoceras Hyatt p. 480 |
1942 | Trocholitoceras Ulrich et al. |
1964 | Trocholitoceras Teichert et al. p. 361 |
2011 | Trocholitoceras Evans |
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!