Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthoceratidae : Orthoceras : Orthoceras expansum |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Orthoceratidae : Orthoceras : Orthoceras expansum |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Orthoceras |
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Scientific Name | Orthoceras expansum (Blake, 1882) |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Orthoceras expansum | species | belongs to Orthoceras | stated with evidence | Blake, 1882 | Orthoceras expansum | species | belongs to Michelinoceras | stated without evidence | Evans, 1993 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic |
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Environment | marine (based on Orthocerida) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Orthocerida) |
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Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) |
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Diet | carnivore (based on Orthocerida) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Orthocerida) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. H. Evans. 1993. The Cephalopod Fauna of the Killey Bridge Formation (Ordovician, Ashgill), Pomeroy, County Tyrone. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 12:155-189 |
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