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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4625910	https://www.gbif.org/species/4625910
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15650	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15650

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Sphaeroceratidae : Sphaeroceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Sphaeroceratidae : Sphaeroceras

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	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Stephanoceratoidea
family	Sphaeroceratidae	Buckman 1920
genus	Sphaeroceras	Bayle 1878

Scientific Name

Sphaeroceras Bayle, 1878

Name Published In

Explic. Carte géol. France, 4 (Atlas): pls. 52, 53 (conserved under the plenary power)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sphaeroceras	subgenus	belongs to Ammonites	stated with evidence	Crick, 1894
Sphaeroceras	genus	belongs to Sphaeroceratidae	stated with evidence	Arkell et al., 1957
Sphaeroceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Sphaeroceras	genus	belongs to Sphaeroceratidae	stated with evidence	Majidifard, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

172 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

168 - 161 Ma
Jurassic

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

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
Sphaeroceras brongniarti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sphaeroceras era ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sphaeroceras godohense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sphaeroceras talkeetnanum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sphaeroceras tutthum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sphaeroceras uhligi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1894	Ammonites (Sphaeroceras) Crick p. 433
1957	Sphaeroceras Arkell et al. p. 292
1993	Sphaeroceras Besnosov and Mitta p. 82
2002	Sphaeroceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2015	Sphaeroceras Majidifard p. 30

References

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

Crick G. C. On a collection of Jurassic Cephalopoda from Western Australia - obtained by Harry Page Woodward, F.G.S., government geologist - with descriptions of the species, Geological Magazine, Decade IV 1, 433-441

Arkell W. J., Furnish W. M., et al (1957) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea, 1-490

Besnosov N. V., Mitta V. V. (1993) , Pozdnebayosskie i Batskie Ammonitidy Severnogo Kavkaza i Sredney Azii, 1-347

Majidifard M. R. (2015) Late Bajocian-Bathonian ammonites from northeast Iran, Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 11, 25-41

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

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

Explic. Carte Géol. France, 4, Atl., pl. and explan. pl - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 300 Validation, Nder the Plenary Powers, of the generic name Sphaeroceras Bayle, 1878 (class Cephalopoda, order Ammonoidea).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 8(17), 237-248 (1954) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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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