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Shumarditidae ✝
Description | Shumarditidae is one of three families of the Shumarditoidea 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/Shumarditidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Shumarditidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Shumarditidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Shumarditidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 307 - 304 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 303 - 299 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) | F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shumarditidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Preshumardites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 307 Ma Carboniferous | |
Pseudaktubites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 303 Ma Carboniferous | 303 Ma Carboniferous | |
Shumardites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1937 | Shumarditidae Plummer and Scott p. 287 |
2006 | Shumarditidae Korn |
2009 | Shumarditidae Furnish et al. p. 139 |
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!