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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!
