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Aegocrioceratidae ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Aegocrioceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Aegocrioceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 140 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower 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 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aegocrioceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Annuloceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Bejucoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hemicrioceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Parancyloceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Peltocrioceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Simancyloceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2006 | Aegocrioceratidae Vermeulen |
| 2007 | Aegocrioceratidae Klein et al. p. 21 |
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!
