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Graciloceratidae ✝
Description | The Graciloceratidae is a family of nautiloid cephalopods from the Middle and Upper Ordovician belonging to the Oncocerida, characterized by exogastric cyrtocones that expand slightly or moderately and have thin walled, orthochoantic marginal or subventral, tubular siphuncles (Sweet 1964). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graciloceratidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Graciloceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncocerida : Graciloceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Graciloceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 472 - 466 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 446 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Graciloceratidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Eorizoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Graciloceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Isbergoceras ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Kundoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Piersaloceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Pomerantsoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Porkunioceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Ringoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1950 | Graciloceratidae Flower in Flower and Kummel |
2007 | Graciloceratidae Kröger p. 282 |
2009 | Graciloceratidae Kröger et al. |
2019 | Graciloceratidae Kröger and Aubrechtová |
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!