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Stearoceras ✝
Description | Stearoceras is an extinct genus of prehistoric nautiloids from the Lower Pennsylvanian (Upper Carboniferous) - Lower Permian with a fair worldwide distribution.(Kümmel 1964) From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Grypoceratidae : Stearoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Stearoceras Hyatt, 1893 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Texas, 4, 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 323 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 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) | A. Hyatt. 1893. Carboniferous cephalopods, second paper. Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 4(2):377-474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Asymptoceras phosphoriense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Domatoceras militarium species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Domatoceras simplex species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Endolobus gibbosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Metacoceras sublaeve species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nautilus immanis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Stearoceras conchiferum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 290 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Stearoceras gibbosum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 306 Ma Carboniferous | |
Stearoceras hesperium ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Stearoceras immane ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 265 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Stearoceras involutum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 303 Ma Carboniferous | 303 Ma Carboniferous | |
Stearoceras militarium ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Stearoceras phosphoriense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Stearoceras punjabicum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Stearoceras simplex ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Stearoceras smithi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Stearoceras sublaeve ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Temnocheilus conchiferous species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1893 | Stearoceras Hyatt p. 422 |
1964 | Stearoceras Teichert et al. p. 436 |
2002 | Stearoceras 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!