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Expandocassinoceras ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Expandocassinoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Endocerida : Piloceratidae : Expandocassinoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Expandocassinoceras Evans, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Article title: The Lower Ordovician cephalopod faunas of the Durness Group, North-West Scotland. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 472 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 478 - 468 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Endocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Endocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Endocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.H. Evans. 2011. The Lower Ordovician cephalopod faunas of the Durness Group, North-West Scotland. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 165:1-131 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cassinoceras arkansasense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cassinoceras grande species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Expandocassinoceras arkansasense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Expandocassinoceras grande ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2011 | Expandocassinoceras Evans |
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!
