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Choristoceratoidea ✝
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Choristoceratoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 232 - 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 201 - 197 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. C. Riccardi. 2019. Cephalopods from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary interval in west central Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 291:135-157 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Choristoceratidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 123 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Cochloceratidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Cycloceltitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Rhabdoceratidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1900 | Choristocerataceae Hyatt |
1979 | Choristocerataceae Tozer p. 133 |
1981 | Choristocerataceae Tozer |
1994 | Choristocerataceae Tozer p. 263 |
2019 | Choristoceratoidea Riccardi p. 141 |
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!