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Endoceras proteiforme

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae

Taxonomy
Endoceras proteiforme was named by Hall (1847). It is the type species of Endoceras.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. gouldi, E. magniventrum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Endoceras proteiforme Hall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyEndoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusEndocerasHall 1847
speciesproteiformeHall 1847

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.

†Endoceras proteiforme Hall 1847
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Edenian or 453.80000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Endoceras proteiforme (24228)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Endoceras proteiforme (23689 23690)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Endoceras proteiforme (23751 23752 23753 23756 23757 23758)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Endoceras proteiforme (23761)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Endoceras proteiforme (23691)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Endoceras proteiforme (23762)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Endoceras proteiforme (23708)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Endoceras proteiforme (76092 172148)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Endoceras proteiforme (26263 26267 26270 26273)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) Endoceras proteiforme (337 431 432 76089 76090 76091)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Endoceras proteiforme (24230)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Endoceras proteiforme (26293 26295)