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Marathonitidae ✝
| Description | Marathonitidae is the only family in the Marathonitoidea superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathonitidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Marathonitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Marathonitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Marathonitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 307 - 304 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Goniatitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Korn. 2006. Paleozoic ammonoid classification. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathonitidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Kargalitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Marathonitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Almites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 73 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Cardiella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 118 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Jilingites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 269 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Kargalites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 41 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Marathonites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Promarathonites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pseudovidrioceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 290 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Suakites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Subkargalites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1938 | Marathonitidae Ruzhencev |
| 1989 | Marathonitidae Leonova p. 141 |
| 1990 | Marathonitidae Bogoslovskaya p. 71 |
| 2006 | Marathonitidae Korn |
| 2009 | Marathonitidae Furnish et al. p. 158 |
| 2017 | Marathonitidae Zhou p. 65 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
