Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1893. Carboniferous cephalopods, second paper. Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 4(2):377-474
Parent taxon: Liroceratidae according to D. Korn 2025
See also Miao et al. 2019, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Bistrialites, Celeroliroceras, Coelogasteroceras, Condraoceras, Hemiliroceras, Jianoceras, Leniceras, Liroceras, Nemdoceras, Neobistrialites, Paraliroceras, Paranautilus, Peripetoceras, Perunautilus, Potoceras, Pseudophacoceras, Shikhanonautilus, Tatianautilus, Thyoceras, Tomponautilus
Subtaxa: Stearoceras conchiferum Stearoceras gibbosum Stearoceras hesperium Stearoceras immane Stearoceras involutum Stearoceras militarium Stearoceras milleri Stearoceras phosphoriense Stearoceras punjabicum Stearoceras rotundatum Stearoceras sanandreasense Stearoceras simplex Stearoceras smithi Stearoceras sublaeve
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Azerbaijan (1 collection), China (1), Colombia (1), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Pakistan (9), United States (26: Arizona, California, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of United States (8: Arkansas, Illinois, Texas)
Total: 49 collections including 63 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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