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Posttornoceratidae ✝
Description | The Posttornoceratidae are Late Devonian goniatites (Ammonoidea) included in the superfamily Tornoceratoidea. The family, Posttornoceratidae, named by Bogoslovsky in 1962, is based on the genus Posttornoceras, named by Wedekind in 1910, originally included in the Tornoceratidae (sensu Miller et al. 1964). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posttornoceratidae, 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 : Posttornoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Posttornoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Posttornoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 376 - 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 365 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | D. Korn. 2006. Paleozoic ammonoid classification. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posttornoceratidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Discoclymeniinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 34 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Posttornoceratinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 46 | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Alpinites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Discoclymenia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Ebbighausenites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Exotornoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Posttornoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 29 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1962 | Posttornoceratidae Bogoslovsky |
2002 | Posttornoceratidae Korn and Klug p. 168 |
2006 | Posttornoceratidae Korn |
2016 | Posttornoceratidae Korn et al. p. 186 |
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!