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Aspidoceras ✝
| Description | Aspidoceras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aspidoceratidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Aspidoceratidae : Aspidoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Aspidoceratidae : Aspidoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Aspidoceras Zittel, 1868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Pal. Mitt. Mus. Bayer., 2, Abt. 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 165 - 161 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 145 - 129 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. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aspidoceras alamitocense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Aspidoceras alamitocensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras americanum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras andinum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Aspidoceras argobbae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 157 Ma Jurassic | |
| Aspidoceras bispinosoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras cajense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras catalaunicum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Aspidoceras constrictum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras durangense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras euomphaloides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras euomphalum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Aspidoceras fallax species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras haupti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Aspidoceras inflatoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras laevigatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras mazapilense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras neohispanicum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras pachycyclum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras pavlowi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras phosphoriticum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras pseudomicroplum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras quemadense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras somalicum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 157 Ma Jurassic | |
| Aspidoceras supraspinosum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 157 Ma Jurassic | |
| Aspidoceras wuertenbergeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras zacatecanum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoceras zeuschneri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1872 | Ammonites (Aspidoceras) Loriol |
| 1973 | Aspidoceras Verma and Westermann p. 189 |
| 1984 | Aspidoceras Mesezhnikov p. 147 |
| 2002 | Aspidoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2018 | Aspidoceras Garrido et al. p. 6 |
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!
