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Stearoceras sublaeve

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metacoceras sublaeve was named by Miller et al. (1932). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Roca, quarry 1.25 miles NE, Lancaster County, which is in an Asselian marine limestone in the Neva Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Stearoceras sublaeve by Miller and Youngquist (1949).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Metacoceras sublaeve Miller et al.
1949Stearoceras sublaeve Miller and Youngquist p. 64 figs. Pl 57, figs 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusStearoceras
speciessublaeve(Miller et al. 1932)

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 sublaeve Miller et al. 1932
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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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Nebraska) Stearoceras sublaeve (type locality: 113424)