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Karoceras β
| Description | Karoceras is a genus of oncocerid nautiloids that lived during the Silurian and possibly Early Devonian, type genus for the Karoceratidae. The shell is a compressed, exogastric cyrtocone, section sub ovoid. The siphuncle is ventral, near the outer, externally convex curvature. Septal necks flair outwardly, segments are inflated ventrally and are straight dorsally, a character of the family. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Karoceratidae : Karoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncocerida : Karoceratidae : Karoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Karoceras Roussanoff, 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 149 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Oncocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Oncocerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoceras |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1909 | Karoceras Roussanoff p. 169 |
| 1964 | Karoceras Teichert et al. p. 314 |
| 2002 | Karoceras 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!
