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Aricoceras ✝
| Description | Aricoceras is an extinct genus of the Adrianitidae family. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aricoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Adrianitidae : Aricoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Adrianitidae : Aricoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Aricoceras Ruzhentsev, 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Goniatitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. E. Ruzhentsev. 1950. Verkhnekammenouglo'nye Ammonity Urala. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 29:1-223 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aricoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aricoceras (Metaricoceras) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Aricoceras (Neoaricoceras) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Aricoceras cancellatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Aricoceras discoidale ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Aricoceras ensifer ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 272 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Aricoceras meridionale ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Aricoceras warreni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Metaricoceras (Ruzhentsev, 1950) | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Adrianitidae : Metaricoceras |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1950 | Aricoceras Ruzhentsev p. 203 |
| 1990 | Aricoceras Leonova and Bogoslovskaya p. 88 |
| 2002 | Aricoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Aricoceras Korn |
| 2009 | Aricoceras Furnish et al. p. 126 |
| 2015 | Aricoceras Leonova and Boiko p. 590 |
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!
