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Zittelloceras ✝
Description | Zittelloceras is an extinct genus of nauiloids from the order Oncocerida which are among a large group of once diverse and numerous shelled cephalopods, now represented by only a handful of species. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zittelloceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncoceratidae : Zittelloceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncocerida : Oncoceratidae : Zittelloceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Zittelloceras Hyatt, 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Oncocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Oncocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zittelloceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cyrtoceras hitzi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Zitteloceras costatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Zitteloceras hitzi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Zitteloceras praecedens ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Zitteloceras Hyatt, 1884 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncoceratidae : Zitteloceras |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1884 | Zittelloceras Hyatt p. 284 |
1952 | Zitteloceras Flower p. 50 |
1964 | Zittelloceras Teichert et al. p. 288 |
2002 | Zittelloceras 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!