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Texanitinae ✝
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Rank | subfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Texanitinae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 93.9 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | W. J. Kennedy, W. A. Cobban, and N. H. Landman, R. O. Johnson. 1997. New ammonoid records from the Merchantville Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Maryland and New Jersey. American Museum Novitates 3193:1-17 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Aneuretoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Bevahites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cryptotexanites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Defordiceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Menabites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 31 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Neogauthiericeras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Paratexanites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Plesiotexanites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Pleurotexanites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Protexanites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 50 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Reginaites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Submortoniceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Texanites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 61 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1948 | Texanitinae Collignon |
1973 | Texanitinae Kennedy et al. p. 102 |
1980 | Texanitinae Klinger and Kennedy p. 322 |
1981 | Texanitinae Riccardi p. 5 |
1984 | Texanitinae Kennedy p. 104 |
1991 | Texanitinae Kennedy and Christensen p. 214 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1992 | Texanitinae Cobban and Kennedy p. 73 |
1993 | Texanitinae Kennedy and Cobban p. 836 |
1995 | Texanitinae Kennedy p. 417 |
1997 | Texanitinae Kennedy et al. p. 4 |
2001 | Texanitinae F?zy p. 32 |
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!