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Uranoceratidae ✝
| Description | The Uranoceratidae is a family of Silurian barrandeoceroids that tend to become uncoiled with age and in which siphuncle segments tend to be expanded into the camerae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranoceratidae, 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 : Uranoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Barrandeocerida : Uranoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Uranoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 453 - 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 443 - 427 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Teichert, B. Kummel, and WC Sweet, HB Stenzel, WM Furnish, BF Glenister, HK Erben, RC Moore, DE Nodine Zeller. 1964. Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K(3):1-519 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranoceratidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cliftonoceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cumingsoceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Jolietoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Siljanoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Uranoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Warburgoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1900 | Uranoceratidae Hyatt |
| 1964 | Uranoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 374 |
| 2013 | Uranoceratidae Kröger |
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!
