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Crioceratitidae ✝
Description | Crioceratitidae is an extinct cephalopod family belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea and included in the order Ammonitida. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crioceratitidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Crioceratitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Crioceratitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Crioceratitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 140 - 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Klein, R. Busnardo, and M. Company, G. Delanoy, M. Kakbadze, S. Reboulet, P. Ropol, Z. Vasicek, J. Vermeulen. 2007. Lower Cretaceous Ammonites III. Bochianitoidea, Protancyloceratoidea, Ancyloceratoidea, Ptychoceratoidea. Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 144:1-381 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crioceratitidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acantholytoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Balearites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Binelliceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Crioceratites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 319 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Diamanticeras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Menuthiocrioceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Paracostidiscus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Pseudothurmannia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 58 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Sornayites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Spathicrioceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Spinocrioceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Subaspinoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Theodorites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1952 | Crioceratitinae Wright |
1962 | Crioceratinae Cantu-Chapa p. 29 |
1992 | Crioceratitinae Klinger and Kennedy p. 74 |
1996 | Crioceratinae Reboulet p. 169 |
2007 | Crioceratitidae Klein et al. p. 34 |
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!
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