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Cravenoceratidae ✝
Description | The Cravenoceratidae is one of six families included in the ammonoid superfamily Neoglyphioceratoidea, which lived during the latter part of the Paleozoic era. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cravenoceratidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Cravenoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Cravenoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Cravenoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 326 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 318 - 315 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. 2006. Paleozoic ammonoid classification. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cravenoceratidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cravenoceratinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 162 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Lyrogoniatitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 80 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Nuculoceratinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Aenigmatoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Alaoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Caenolyroceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Cravenoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 111 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Cravenoceratoides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Dombarigloria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Lyrogoniatites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 29 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Nuculoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Quasicravenoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Tympanoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 37 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Verancoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1957 | Cravenoceratidae Ruzhencev |
1990 | Cravenoceratidae Kuzina and Yatskov p. 54 |
2006 | Cravenoceratidae Korn |
2009 | Cravenoceratidae Furnish et al. p. 65 |
2016 | Cravenoceratidae Korn and Sudar p. 211 |
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!