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Gephuroceratidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4624949	https://www.gbif.org/species/4624949
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	92839	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=92839

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Agoniatitida : Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Agoniatitida	Ruzhencev 1957
suborder	Gephuroceratina	Ruzhencev 1957
superfamily	Gephurocerataceae	Frech 1897
family	Gephuroceratidae	Frech 1897

Scientific Name

Gephuroceratidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gephuroceratidae	family	belongs to Triainocerataceae	stated with evidence	Yatskov, 1990
Gephuroceratidae	family	belongs to Gephurocerataceae	stated with evidence	Korn and Klug, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

122

First Recorded Appearance

384 - 382 Ma
Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

376 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

D. Korn. 2006. Paleozoic ammonoid classification.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Archoceratinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	12	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Gephuroceratinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	360	384 Ma Middle Devonian	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Maternoceratinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	7	384 Ma Middle Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Trimanticoceratinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	6	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Virginoceratinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	37	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Archoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Carinoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	32	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Clauseniceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Costamanticoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Crickites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	384 Ma Middle Devonian	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Delphiceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Enseites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Manticoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	275	384 Ma Middle Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Maternoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	384 Ma Middle Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Mixomanticoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	384 Ma Middle Devonian	384 Ma Middle Devonian
Neomanticoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Playfordites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Serramanticoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Sphaeromanticoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	48	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Timanoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Trimanticoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Virginoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1897	Gephuroceratidae Frech
1990	Gephuroceratidae Yatskov p. 41
2002	Gephuroceratidae Korn and Klug p. 102
2006	Gephuroceratidae Korn

References

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Yatskov S. V. (1990) K sistematike semeystva Beloceratidae (Ammonoidea), Iskopaemye Tsefalopodi: Puti Evolyutsii i Sisematikya Otdelnykh Grupp. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 243, 36-51

Korn D., Klug C. (2002) Ammoneae Devonicae, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 138, 1-375

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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