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Ligeiceras ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Ligeiceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ligeiceras Barroso-Barcenilla, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Article title: A new genus of nautiloid in the Toarcian of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 199 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 170 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Nautilidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Nautilidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. Barroso-Barcenilla. 2011. Systematic palaeontology, in A new genus of nautiloid in the Toarcian of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 182:391-404 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cenoceras globulus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ligeiceras anomphalus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 199 Ma Early Jurassic | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Ligeiceras fourneti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 180 Ma Early Jurassic | 180 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Ligeiceras globulus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 180 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Ligeiceras inornatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Ligeiceras jurense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Nautilus anomphalus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus fourneti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus inornatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus jurensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2011 | Ligeiceras Barroso-Barcenilla p. 394 |
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!
