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Kindleoceras ✝
Description | Kindleoceras is a genus of oncocerids belonging to the Valcouroceratidae, extinct nautiloid cephalopods that lived during the Middle and Late Ordovician. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindleoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Valcouroceratidae : Kindleoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncocerida : Valcouroceratidae : Kindleoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Kindleoceras Foerste, 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Canada Geol. Surv. Mem., No. 138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Kindleoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Kindleoceras kentuckyense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kindleoceras reversatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Kindleoceras triangulare ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1924 | Kindleoceras Foerste p. 226 |
1964 | Kindleoceras Teichert et al. p. 293 |
2002 | Kindleoceras 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!