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Jovellaniidae ✝
| Description | Jovellaniidae was established as a family within the Oncocerida to include genera characterized by longiconic orthocones and cyrtocones with a subtriangular to depressed cross-section in which the ventral (siphuncular) side is typically angular or more acutely rounded than the dorsal (antisiphuncular) side, and in which the siphuncle is generally large, ventral, and with lamellar actinosiphonate deposits (Flower 1950, Sweet 1964) From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovellaniidae, 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 : Jovellaniidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncocerida : Jovellaniidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Jovellaniidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Cat. foss. Cephal. B.M. (1): 328 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Oncocerida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Oncocerida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Jovellaniidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bohemojovellania ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Hadoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Herkimeroceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Jovellania ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Laumontoceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Mixosiphonoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Projovellania ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Rhytidoceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Xyloceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1888 | Jovellaniidae Foord |
| 1964 | Jovellaniidae Teichert et al. p. 302 |
| 1967 | Jovellaniidae Miagkova |
| 2008 | Jovellaniidae 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!
