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Pinacoceratoidea ✝
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Pinacoceratoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 237 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Vörös. 2018. The Upper Anisian ammonoids of the Balaton Highland (Hungary). Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 60:1-241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Carnitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Gymnitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 268 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Japonitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 37 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Klamathitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 239 Ma Middle Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Pinacoceratidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 61 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Ptychitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 379 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Sturiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 123 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1879 | Pinacocerataceae Mojsisovics |
| 1971 | Pinacocerataceae Astakhova p. 81 |
| 1981 | Pinacocerataceae Tozer |
| 1994 | Pinacocerataceae Tozer p. 125 |
| 2018 | Pinacoceratoidea Vörös p. 134 |
| 2019 | Pinacoceratoidea Krystyn et al. p. 244 |
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!
