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Endocycloceras

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae

Taxonomy
Endocycloceras was named by Ulrich et al. (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem O Aren]. Its type is Endocycloceras perannulatum. It is the type genus of Endocycloceratidae.

It was assigned to Endocycloceratidae by Ulrich et al. (1944); to Protocycloceratidae by Flower (1964), Teichert et al. (1964) and Crick (1981); and to Ellesmerocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Endocycloceras Ulrich et al.
1964Endocycloceras Flower p. 130
1964Endocycloceras Teichert et al. p. 154
1981Endocycloceras Crick p. 227
2002Endocycloceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyProtocycloceratidaeKobayashi 1935
genusEndocycloceras

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. †Endocycloceras Ulrich et al. 1944
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Endocycloceras gracile Flower 1964
Endocycloceras legorense Ulrich et al. 1944
Endocycloceras perannulatum Ulrich et al. 1944
Endocycloceras subcurvatum Ulrich et al. 1944
Endocycloceras wilsonae Ulrich et al. 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:32:52
Modified: 2007-09-07 11:44:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Stairsian or 480.80000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (New Mexico) E. gracile (88945)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Tennessee) E. perannulatum (101019)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (Maryland) E. legorense (101018)
Stairsian - Tulean485.4 - 474.9USA (Alabama) E. perannulatum (101020)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) E. wilsonae (101017)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0USA (Missouri) E. subcurvatum (98459)