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Sowerbyceras ✝
| Description | Sowerbyceras is a genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Phylloceratidae. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, from Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian age. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowerbyceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Phylloceratidae : Sowerbyceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Phylloceratida : Phylloceratidae : Sowerbyceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Sowerbyceras Parona & Bonarelli, 1895 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Rend. ist. Lombardo, (2) 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 151 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Phylloceratida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Phylloceratida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Sowerbyceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Sowerbyceras inflatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sowerbyceras loryi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Sowerbyceras pompeckji species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sowerbyceras silenum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Sowerbyceras tietzei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Sowerbyceras tortisulcatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 20 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Sowerbyceras tortisulcatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1895 | Sowerbyceras Parona and Bonarelli |
| 1910 | Phylloceras (Sowerbyceras) Till |
| 1996 | Sowerbyceras Wright et al. p. 2 |
| 2002 | Sowerbyceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2011 | Sowerbyceras Grigore p. 196 |
| 2013 | Sowerbyceras Grigore p. 87 |
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!
