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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4624155	https://www.gbif.org/species/4624155
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13838	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13838

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Popanoceratidae : Popanoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Popanoceratidae : Popanoceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Goniatitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Goniatitina	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Popanoceratoidea
family	Popanoceratidae	Hyatt 1900
genus	Popanoceras	Hyatt 1884

Scientific Name

Popanoceras Hyatt, 1884

Name Published In

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Popanoceras	genus	belongs to Popanoceratidae	stated with evidence	Leonova, 1989
Popanoceras	genus	belongs to Goniatitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Popanoceras	genus	belongs to Popanoceratidae	stated with evidence	Korn, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

296 - 279 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

269 - 260 Ma
Permian

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Goniatitida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pamiropopanoceras corpulentum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Pamiropopanoceras meridionale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Popanoceras annae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Popanoceras collignoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Popanoceras congregale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Popanoceras corpulentum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Popanoceras haugi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Popanoceras indoaustralicum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	296 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Popanoceras kueichowense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Popanoceras meridionale species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Popanoceras polypetale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Popanoceras simplex ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Popanoceras sintasense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Popanoceras sobolewskyanum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	290 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Popanoceras toumanskayae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Popanoceras tschernowi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Popanoceras walcotti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Popanoceras xizangense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Popanoceras ziyunense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Papanoceras Karpinsky, 1889	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Popanoceratidae : *Papanoceras*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1884	Popanoceras Hyatt
1989	Popanoceras Leonova p. 172
1989	Pamiropopanoceras Leonova p. 174
2002	Popanoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Pamiropopanoceras Korn
2006	Popanoceras Korn
2009	Popanoceras Furnish et al. p. 181
2017	Popanoceras Zhou p. 81

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Leonova T. B. (1989) Systematic paleontology, in Rannepermskie ammonoidei Yugo-Vostochnogo Pamira, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 235, 1-198

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Furnish W. M., Glenister B. F., et al (2009) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised: Mollusca 4, Volume 2: Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea (Goniatitida and Prolecanitida), 1-258

Zhou Z. R. (2017) Permian basinal ammonoid sequence in Nanpanjiang area of South China - possible overlap between basinal Guadalupian and platform-based Lopingian, Journal of Paleontology 91 Memoir 74, 1-95

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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