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Epistroboceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4624318	https://www.gbif.org/species/4624318
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13195	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13195

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Trigonoceratidae : Epistroboceras

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	Nautiloidea	Agassiz 1847
order	Nautilida	Agassiz 1847
superfamily	Trigonoceratoidea
family	Trigonoceratidae	Hyatt 1884
genus	Epistroboceras	Turner 1953

Scientific Name

Epistroboceras Turner, 1953

Name Published In

L'pool. Manchr. Geol. J., 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Epistroboceras	genus	belongs to Trigonoceratidae	stated with evidence	Teichert et al., 1964
Epistroboceras	subgenus	belongs to Stroboceras	stated with evidence	Gordon, 1964
Epistroboceras	genus	belongs to Nautilida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Epistroboceras	genus	belongs to Trigonoceratidae	stated with evidence	Niko and Mapes, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

339 - 323 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

326 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous

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)

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
Discitoceras texanum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistroboceras chancharense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Epistroboceras gracile ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Epistroboceras lesliense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	331 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Epistroboceras mangeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Epistroboceras pitkinense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Epistroboceras texanum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	331 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1954	Epistroboceras Turner
1964	Stroboceras (Epistroboceras) Gordon, Jr. p. 147
1964	Epistroboceras Teichert et al. p. 429
2002	Epistroboceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2007	Epistroboceras Niko and Mapes p. 295

References

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

Gordon, Jr. M. (1964) Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460, 1-322

Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519

Niko S., Mapes R. H. (2007) Trigonoceratid nautilids from the Early Carboniferous Imo Formation of Arkansas, Midcontinent North America, Paleontological Research 11 3, 293-303 doi:DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144(2007)11[293:TNFTEC]2.0.CO;2

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

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

L'pool. Manchr. Geol. J., 1 - 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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