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Plectoceras

Cephalopoda - Barrandeocerida - Plectoceratidae

Taxonomy
Plectoceras was named by Hyatt (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Ashg Sepkoski's reference number: 298,524]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plectoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981), Frey (1995); and to Barrandeocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Plectoceras Hyatt p. 268
1964Plectoceras Teichert et al. p. 374
1981Plectoceras Crick p. 229
1995Plectoceras Frey p. P36
2002Plectoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderBarrandeocerida()
familyPlectoceratidaeHyatt in Zittel 1900
genusPlectocerasHyatt 1884

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.

G. †Plectoceras Hyatt 1884
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†Plectoceras carletonense Foerste 1933
†Plectoceras jason Billings 1859
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:35:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Blackriveran or 471.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Canadian486.85 - 457.3USA (Colorado) P. manitouense (216979)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (XinJiang) P. sp. (20806)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) P. jason (172317 172323 172327 172331) P. jasoni (42803)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) P. sp. (24222)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (Manchuria) P. ohtakai (56135)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) P. bondi (33544 33545 33546 33547)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) P. bondi (5327)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) P. robertsoni, P. occidentale (23690)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) P. occidentale (23758) P. robertsoni, P. occidentale (23753 23756 23757)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) P. robertsoni, P. occidentale (23691)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) P. carletonense (87737)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) P. sp. (89157)