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Hoeloceras ✝
| Description | Hoeloceras is an extinct orthoconic nautiloid cephalopod from the upper Ordovician, generally included in the Actinocerida.Nautiloids are a subclass of shelled cephalopods that were once diverse and numerous but are now represented by only a couple of genera, Nautilus and Allonautilus. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoeloceras, 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 : Gonioceratidae : Hoeloceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Actinocerida : Gonioceratidae : Hoeloceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Hoeloceras Sweet, 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Norsk Geol. Tidsskr. 38 (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 464 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 458 - 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Actinocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Actinocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Actinocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. C. Sweet. 1958. The middle ordovician of the Oslo region, Norway 10. Nautiloid Cephalopods. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 38:1-178 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoeloceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hoeloceras askeri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Hoeloceras helgoeyense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Hoeloceras muroni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1958 | Hoeloceras Sweet |
| 2017 | Hoeloceras Kröger and Aubrechtova |
| 2019 | Hoeloceras Kröger and Aubrechtová |
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!
