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Bathmoceras ✝
| Description | Bathmoceras is a primitive cephalopod genus from the Middle and Upper Ordovician, type for the family Bathmoceratidae, order Ellesmerocerida. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathmoceras, 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 : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Bathmoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ellesmerocerida : Bathmoceratidae : Bathmoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Bathmoceras Barrande, 1868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Syst. silur. Bohême, Rech. Pal., 2 (Céph.), p. iii, pl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 464 - 450 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Ellesmerocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ellesmerocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ellesmerocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Bathmoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bathmoceras australe ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Bathmoceras complexum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Bathmoceras llanvirnense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Bathmoceras norvegicum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Bathmoceras taichoutense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Bathmoceras tennesseense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conoceras llanvirnense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthoceras complexum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1865 | Bathmoceras Barrande |
| 1939 | Bathmoceras Teichert |
| 1958 | Bathmoceras Sweet |
| 1964 | Bathmoceras Teichert et al. p. 156 |
| 2005 | Bathmoceras Evans p. 18 |
| 2012 | Bathmoceras Kröger and Lefebvre |
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!
