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Gorbyoceras gorbyi

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras gorbyi was named by Miller (1894). It is the type species of Gorbyoceras.

It was recombined as Spyroceras gorbyi by Foerste (1928); it was recombined as Gorbyoceras gorbyi by Shimizu and Obata (1935) and Kröger (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. geronticum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Spyroceras gorbyi Foerste
1935Gorbyoceras gorbyi Shimizu and Obata p. 486
2013Gorbyoceras gorbyi Kröger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyProteoceratidae
genusGorbyocerasShimizu and Obata 1935
speciesgorbyi(Miller 1894)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Gorbyoceras gorbyi Miller 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ashgill or 449.50000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Gorbyoceras gorbyi (87932)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana) Gorbyoceras gorbyi (5323)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Ontario) Orthoceras gorbyi (237353)