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Muensteroceratidae ✝
| Description | Muensteroceratidae is one of nine families of the Pericycloidea superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muensteroceratidae, 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 : Ammonoidea : Muensteroceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Muensteroceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Muensteroceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 306 - 303 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Goniatitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Klug, S. Döring, and D. Korn, V. Ebbinghausen. 2006. The Visean sedimentary succession at the Gara el Itima (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and its ammonoid faunas. Fossil Record 9(1):3-60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muensteroceratidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Akeshakeceras ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Beyrichoceratoides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 306 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Cluthoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Eoglyphioceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Eurites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Follotites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Furnishoceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Itimaites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Kozhimites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Muensteroceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 60 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Muensteroceratoides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Nautellipsites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Terektytes ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1957 | Muensteroceratidae Librovitch |
| 1999 | Muensteroceratidae Korn et al. p. 346 |
| 2006 | Muensteroceratidae Klug et al. p. 14 |
| 2006 | Muensteroceratidae Korn |
| 2009 | Muensteroceratidae Furnish et al. p. 30 |
| 2016 | Muensteroceratidae Korn and Sudar p. 194 |
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!
