Liroceras Teichert 1940 (nautiloid)

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 L. Miao et al. 2019

See also Barskov and Shilovsky 2014, Gordon 1964, Miller and Youngquist 1949, Reed 1931, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Alexandronautilus, Bistrialites, Coelogasteroceras, Condraoceras, Hemiliroceras, Leniceras, Paraliroceras, Paranautilus, Peripetoceras, Perunautilus, Potoceras, Shikhanonautilus, Tomponautilus

Subtaxa: Liroceras bakhense Liroceras chenxianense Liroceras devjatovense Liroceras didmyoaurise Liroceras excentricum Liroceras fornicatum Liroceras gardenense Liroceras globulare Liroceras hsuyuchiani Liroceras hunanense Liroceras involutum Liroceras karaouii Liroceras korulkense Liroceras leitrimense Liroceras lichuanense Liroceras liratum Liroceras meishanense Liroceras missouriensis Liroceras molengraafi Liroceras orientale Liroceras praelunense Liroceras ruzhencevi Liroceras salomonensis Liroceras shakhtauense Liroceras sinense Liroceras vermis Liroceras volgense Liroceras waterloti

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Canada (2: Yukon), China (8), Iran (3), Italy (7), Kazakhstan (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (3), Tajikistan (1), United States (6: New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)

• Virgilian of United States (13: Illinois, Texas)

• Desmoinesian of United States (5: Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas)

• Westphalian of United States (1: Kentucky)

• Carboniferous of Ireland (9), Kazakhstan (2), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Ohio, Texas)

Total: 86 collections including 98 occurrences

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