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Pericyclidae ✝
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Description | Pericyclidae 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/Pericyclidae, 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 : Pericyclidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Pericyclidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pericyclidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 339 - 323 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) | D. Korn, J. Bockwinkel, and V. Ebbighausen, C. Klug. 2003. Palaeobiogeographic and evolutionary meaning of an early Late Tournaisian ammonoid fauna from the Tafilalt of Morocco. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(1):71-92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericyclidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ammonellipsitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 41 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Pericyclinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 111 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
Ammonellipsites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Fascipericyclus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Goniocyclus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Hammatocyclus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Helicocyclus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Neopericyclus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Nodopericyclus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Ouaoufilalites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Parasiacyclus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Pericyclus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 75 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
Polaricyclus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1900 | Pericyclidae Hyatt |
2006 | Pericyclidae Korn |
2009 | Pericyclidae Furnish et al. p. 24 |
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!