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Scyphoceratidae ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Scyphoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Scyphoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 326 - 318 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Nautilida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Nautilida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Nautilida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. E. Ruzhentsev and V. N. Shimanskiy. 1954. Nizhnepermskie svernutye i sognutye Nautiloidei yuzhnogo Urala. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 50:1-150 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dentoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Mariceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Scyphoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Sorinoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Venatoroceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1954 | Scyphoceratidae Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 134 |
| 1964 | Scyphoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 442 |
References
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!
