Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Invalid subtaxa: Coloceras [replaced name], Nautilus (Coloceras) [replaced name]
Full reference: C. Teichert. 1940. Contributions to nautiloid nomenclature. Journal of Paleontology 14(6):590-597
Parent taxon: Liroceratidae according to D. Korn 2025
See also Barskov and Shilovsky 2014, Gordon 1964, Miao et al. 2019, Miller and Youngquist 1949, Reed 1931, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Bistrialites, Celeroliroceras, Coelogasteroceras, Condraoceras, Hemiliroceras, Jianoceras, Leniceras, Nemdoceras, Neobistrialites, Paraliroceras, Paranautilus, Peripetoceras, Perunautilus, Potoceras, Pseudophacoceras, Shikhanonautilus, Stearoceras, Tatianautilus, Thyoceras, Tomponautilus
Subtaxa: Liroceras bakhense Liroceras chenxianense Liroceras choopani Liroceras derbiense Liroceras devjatovense Liroceras didmyoaurise Liroceras excentricum Liroceras fornicatum Liroceras gardenense Liroceras globatum Liroceras globosum Liroceras globulare Liroceras greenei Liroceras grundense Liroceras henryvillense Liroceras hsuyuchiani Liroceras hunanense Liroceras hyatti Liroceras involutum Liroceras karaouii Liroceras korulkense Liroceras leitrimense Liroceras leptum Liroceras lichuanense Liroceras liratum Liroceras lunense Liroceras meishanense Liroceras milleri Liroceras missouriense Liroceras molengraaffi Liroceras occlusor Liroceras orientale Liroceras patulum Liroceras praelunense Liroceras reniforme Liroceras reticulatum Liroceras ruzhencevi Liroceras salomonense Liroceras sarvaense Liroceras schaelkense Liroceras shakhtauense Liroceras sinense Liroceras vermis Liroceras volgense Liroceras waterloti
Type: Coloceras liratum
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (2: Yukon collections), China (8), Iran (8), Italy (7), Kazakhstan (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (3), Tajikistan (1), United States (8: New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Ireland (9), Kazakhstan (2), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (36: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas)
Total: 103 collections including 115 occurrences
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