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Aphelaeceras ✝
| Description | Aphelaeceras is an extinct genus from the nautilid family Trigonoceratidae which is part of the Trigonocerataceae, that lived during the Mississippian Period in the late Paleozoic. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphelaeceras, 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 : Trigonoceratidae : Aphelaeceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Aphelaeceras Hyatt, 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 347 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. 1884. Genera of fossil cephalopods. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 22:253-338 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphelaeceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aphelaeceras arkansanum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Aphelaeceras falciferum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Aphelaeceras nayongense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Apheleceras Hyatt, 1900 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Trigonoceratidae : Apheleceras |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1884 | Aphelaeceras Hyatt |
| 1894 | Apheleceras Hyatt p. 539 |
| 1964 | Aphelaeceras Teichert et al. p. 428 |
| 2002 | Aphelaeceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2007 | Aphelaeceras Niko and Mapes p. 294 |
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!
