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Bisatoceras ✝
Description | Bisatoceras is a late Paleozoic (Upper Mississippian - Upper Pennsylvanian) Ammonoidea, a member of the goniatitid family Bisatoceratidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisatoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Bisatoceratidae : Bisatoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Bisatoceratidae : Bisatoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Bisatoceras Miller & Owen, 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | J. Paleont., 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 323 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 306 - 303 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | A. K. Miller and J. B. Owen. 1937. A new Pennsylvanian cephalopod fauna from Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 11:403-422 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisatoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bisatoceras akiyoshiense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Bisatoceras greenei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
Bisatoceras hoeni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Bisatoceras kotti ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
Bisatoceras micromphalus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Bisatoceras nevadense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Bisatoceras primum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 314 Ma Carboniferous | 307 Ma Carboniferous | |
Bisatoceras renni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Bisatoceras secundum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Bisatoceras solominae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1937 | Bisatoceras Miller and Owen p. 417 |
2002 | Bisatoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Bisatoceras Korn |
2009 | Bisatoceras Furnish et al. p. 102 |
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!