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Sactorthoceras ✝
| Description | Sactorthceras is an orthoceratoid genus (subclass Nautiloidea s.l.) known from the Middle Ordovician of eastern North America (NY), Norway and Korea and is the type genus of the Sactorthoceratidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sactorthoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Sactorthoceratidae : Sactorthoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Sactorthoceras Kobayashi, 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | J. Fac. Sci. Imp. Univ., 3 (8), 332 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 466 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 443 - 427 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. Kobayashi. 1934. The Cambro-Ordovician formations and faunas of south Chosen. Paleontology. Part I. Middle Ordovician faunas. Journal of the Faculty of Science, the Imperial University of Tokyo, Section 2 3(8):335-519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sactorthoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Orthoceras makkolense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sactorthoceras banestanensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Sactorthoceras makkolense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1934 | Kawasakiceras Kobayashi |
| 1934 | Sactorthoceras Kobayashi |
| 1958 | Sactorthoceras Sweet |
| 1964 | Kawasakiceras Teichert et al. p. 174 |
| 1964 | Sactorthoceras Teichert et al. p. 233 |
| 2002 | Kawasakiceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Sactorthoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Sactorthoceras Dastanpour et al. p. 340 |
| 2007 | Sactorthoceras Kröger et al. p. 1274 |
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!
