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Ormoceras ✝
Description | Ormoceras is an actinocerid nautiloid genus and type for the family Ormoceratidae, found in North America from the late Chazyan though the early Cincinnatian of the Middle and Upper Ordovician, but which continued through the Devonian worldwide. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormoceras, 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 : Ormoceratidae : Ormoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Actinocerida : Ormoceratidae : Ormoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Ormoceras Stokes, 1838 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Proc. Geol. Soc. London, 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 376 - 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | 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/Ormoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ormoceras bayfieldi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Ormoceras cannonense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras centrale ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Ormoceras champlainense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Ormoceras chinense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras dartoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Ormoceras ferecentricum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Ormoceras heckeri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Ormoceras hitzi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras kiaeri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Ormoceras kimurai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras lindsleyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras manchuriense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras nagaoi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras neumani ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Ormoceras normanense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras orientale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras prinstaense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras proximum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras schohariae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Ormoceras taii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras taitzuensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ormoceras troosti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Orthoceras bayfieldi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1840 | Ormoceras Stokes |
1957 | Ormoceras Flower |
1958 | Ormoceras Sweet |
1964 | Ormoceras Teichert et al. p. 211 |
1995 | Ormoceras Frey |
2002 | Ormoceras 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!