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Parametacoceras ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4624381https://www.gbif.org/species/4624381
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)13255https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13255
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Tainoceratidae : Parametacoceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Gzheloceratidae : Parametacoceras
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainocerataceaeHyatt 1883
familyGzheloceratidaeRuzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
genusParametacocerasMiller & Owen 1934
Scientific NameParametacoceras Miller & Owen, 1934
Name Published InUniv. Iowa Studies, 16
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Parametacocerasgenusbelongs to Tainoceratidaestated without evidenceHoare, 1961
Parametacocerasgenusbelongs to Tainoceratidaestated with evidenceTeichert et al., 1964
Parametacocerasgenusbelongs to Gzheloceratidaestated with evidenceShimanskiy, 1967
Parametacocerasgenusbelongs to Nautilidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance314 - 309 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance254 - 252 Ma
Permian
Motilityactively mobile (based on Nautilida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Nautilida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Nautilida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. K. Miller and J. B. Owen. 1934. Cherokee nautiloids of the northern Mid-Continent region\r\n. Iowa University Studies of Natural History 15:185-272

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Parametacoceras bellatulum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3314 Ma
Carboniferous		314 Ma
Carboniferous
Parametacoceras changxingense ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1254 Ma
Permian		254 Ma
Permian
Parametacoceras heteromorphum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1311 Ma
Carboniferous		311 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1934Parametacoceras Miller and Owen p. 233
1961Parametacoceras Hoare p. 131
1964Parametacoceras Teichert et al. p. 414
1967Parametacoceras Shimanskiy p. 87
2002Parametacoceras Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Miller A. K., Owen J. B. (1934) Cherokee nautiloids of the northern Mid-Continent region\r\n, Iowa University Studies of Natural History 15, 185-272
Hoare R. D. (1961) Desmoinesian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from southwest Missouri, Missouri University Studies 36, 1-262
Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519
Shimanskiy V. N. (1967) Kammenougol'nye Nautilida, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 115, 1-258
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
Univ. Iowa Studies, 16 - 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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