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Dagnoceras ✝
Description | Dagnoceras is a ceratitid ammonite from the Lower Triassic that has a basically evolutute, discoidal shell with an arched venter and ceratitic sutures. The Treatise 1957 includes it in the Meekoceratidae although it has since been placed in the Dinaritidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagnoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Dinaritidae : Dagnoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Dinaritidae : Dagnoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Dagnoceras Arthaber, 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Beitr. Pal. Geol. Osterr.-Ung., 24, 181 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 252 - 247 Ma Phanerozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagnoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dagnoceras bonnevillense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dagnoceras pealei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dagnoceras zappanense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Daynoceras Cossmann, 1912 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Dinaritidae : Daynoceras |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1911 | Dagnoceras Arthaber |
1981 | Dagnoceras Tozer p. 91 |
2002 | Dagnoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
2003 | Dagnoceras Mertmann and Jacobshagen p. 428 |
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!