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Mariceras ✝
| Description | Mariceras is a genus of Late Carboniferous to Early Permian nautilids found in North America and central Asia.Its shell is like that of Schyphoceras but is less curved and smoother. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Scyphoceratidae : Mariceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Mariceras Ruzhentzev & Shimanskii, 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Trud. paleont. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Mariceras ferum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 296 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Mariceras gracile ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Mariceras leonovae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1954 | Mariceras Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 138 |
| 1964 | Mariceras Teichert et al. p. 442 |
| 2002 | Mariceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
