Biology:Gangshanoceras
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Short description: Extinct genus of molluscs
| Gangshanoceras Temporal range: Ordovician
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | †Orthocerida |
| Family: | †Proteoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Gangshanoceras Zou, 1988 |
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| Gangshanoceras jurongense Zou, 1988
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Gangshanoceras is a fossil nautiloid cephalopod genus included in the orthocerid family Proteoceratidae. It has been found in Ordovician rocks dated from about 478.5 to 468 Ma in China, and from rocks dated slightly younger, about 468 to 461 Ma in Argentina. It has five described species. The type is Gangshanoceras jurongense. [2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kröger, Björn; Beresi, Matilde S.; Landing, Ed (2007). "Early orthoceratoid cephalopods from the Argentine Precordillera (Lower-Middle Ordovician)". Journal of Paleontology 81 (6): 1266–1283. doi:10.1666/06-013.1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250070989.
- ↑ peters, shanan. "Sepkoski Online Results". http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ↑ "Paleobiology Database: Gangshanoceras". Paleodb.org. http://www.paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=12506. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
Wikidata ☰ Q5521205 entry
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