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Stearoceras phosphoriense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Asymptoceras phosphoriense was named by Branson (1930). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Owl Creek Mountains (Top Limestone), which is in a Lopingian carbonate limestone in the Park City Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Stearoceras phosphoriense by Miller and Cline (1934), Miller and Youngquist (1949).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Asymptoceras phosphoriense Branson p. 59 figs. Pl 12, fig 11; pl 15, figs 3,4
1934Stearoceras phosphoriense Miller and Cline p. 288 fig. 1
1949Stearoceras phosphoriense Miller and Youngquist p. 56 figs. Pl 30, figs 1,2; text-fig 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderLiroceratinaFlower 1955
superfamilyLiroceratoidea()
familyLiroceratidae
genusStearoceras
speciesphosphoriense()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Stearoceras phosphoriense Branson 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (California) Stearoceras phosphoriense (109000)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902USA (Wyoming) Asymptoceras phosphoriense (236337) Stearoceras phosphoriense (83006)