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Palaeocycloceras

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocycloceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Orthocerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proterocameroceratidae by Kröger (2012).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Palaeocycloceras Sepkoski
2012Palaeocycloceras Kröger p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyProterocameroceratidaeKobayashi 1937
genusPalaeocycloceras

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.

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Palaeocycloceras eichwaldi Balashov 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kunda to the top of the Dawan or 469.20000 to 468.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Hubei) P. sp. (7727)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Hunan and Hubei) P. sp. (7717)
Hunderum - Valaste471.8 - 466.0Sweden (Kalmar) P. eichwaldi (89246)
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Sweden P. eichwaldi (163124)