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Imitoceras ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Prionoceratidae : Imitoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Prionoceratidae : Imitoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Imitoceras Schindewolf, 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | N. Jahrb. Min. Geol. Pal., Beil. Bd., 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 372 - 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 301 - 300 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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Imitoceras altisellatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Imitoceras dimidium ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Imitoceras jessieae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Imitoceras oxydentale ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Imitoceras sinuatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Imitoceras strictum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Imitoceras werriense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Prionoceras (Imitoceras) werriense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Prionoceras werriense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1923 | Imitoceras Schindewolf |
1963 | Prionoceras (Imitoceras) Campbell and Engel p. 83 |
2002 | Imitoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Imitoceras Korn |
2009 | Imitoceras Furnish et al. p. 3 |
2016 | Imitoceras Korn and Sudar p. 193 |
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!