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Protokionoceras

Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Protokionoceras was named by Grabau and Shimer (1910).

It was assigned to Michelinoceratidae by Sweet (1958); to Geisonoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981); and to Orthocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Protokionoceras Grabau and Shimer
1958Protokionoceras Sweet
1964Protokionoceras Teichert et al. p. 237
1981Protokionoceras Crick p. 228
2002Protokionoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderDissidoceridaZhuravleva 1964
familyGeisonoceratidaeZhuravleva 1959
genusProtokionocerasGrabau and Shimer 1910

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. †Protokionoceras Grabau and Shimer 1910
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Protokionoceras fessicancellatum Kobayashi et al. 1984
Protokionoceras strandi Troedsson 1932
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Longvillian to the top of the Givetian or 457.20000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway P. sp. (2764 2945 2947 2948)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway (Oslo) P. sp. (2762)
Idavere - Nabala458.0 - 449.9Norway P. strandi (164010)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0Norway P. sp. (2763)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) P. oneidaense (26302)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Baerum) P. isotelorum (163403)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) P. sp. (443)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5China P. guanuanensis (197396)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (25250)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) P. sp. (471)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) P. medullare (13017 13069 13075 13104 13107)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Japan (Skikoku) P. fessicancellatum (188691)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) P. sp. (38459 38460)