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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4627011	https://www.gbif.org/species/4627011
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15202	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15202

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Himalayitidae : Micracanthoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Himalayitidae : Micracanthoceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Himalayitidae	Spath 1925
subfamily	Himalayitinae	Spath 1925
genus	Micracanthoceras	Spath 1925

Scientific Name

Micracanthoceras Spath, 1925

Name Published In

Monogr. Geol. Dep. Hunterian Mus. Glasgow Univ., 1 (7)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Micracanthoceras	genus	belongs to Himalayitinae	stated with evidence	Verma and Westermann, 1973
Micracanthoceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Micracanthoceras	genus	belongs to Himalayitidae	stated with evidence	Bulot et al., 2014
Micracanthoceras	genus	belongs to Himalayitinae	stated with evidence	Frau et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

164 - 145 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

151 - 129 Ma
Mesozoic

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Micracanthoceras acanthellum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Micracanthoceras alamense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Micracanthoceras microcanthum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	26	152 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Micracanthoceras spinulosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	152 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1973	Micracanthoceras Verma and Westermann p. 252
1989	Micracanthoceras Myczynski p. 107
2002	Micracanthoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Micracanthoceras Bulot et al. p. 119
2016	Micracanthoceras Frau et al. p. 545
2016	Micracanthoceras Salazar and Stinnesbeck p. 167
2016	Micracanthoceras Vasicek and Skupien p. 21

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Verma H. M., Westermann G. E. G. (1973) The Tithonian (Jurassic) ammonite fauna of Sierra Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Bulletins of American Paleontology 63 277, 107-320

Myczynski R. (1989) Ammonite biostratigraphy of the Tithonian of Western Cuba, Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 59, 43-125

Bulot L. G., Frau C., et al (2014) New and poorly known Perisphinctoidea (Ammonitina) from the Upper Tithonian of Le Chouet (Drôme, SE France), Volumina Jurassica 12, 113-128

Frau C., Bulot L. G., et al (2016) Upper Tithonian ammonites (Himalayitidae Spath, 1925 and Neocomitidae Salfeld, 1921) from Charens (Drôme, France), Geologica Carpathica 67, 543-559

Salazar C., Stinnesbeck W. (2016) Tithonian–Berriasian ammonites from the Baños del Flaco Formation, central Chile, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14, 149-182

Vasicek Z., Skupien P. (2016) Tithonian-early Berriasian perisphinctoid ammonites from the Stramberk Limestone at Kotouc Quarry near Stramberk, Outer Western Carpathians (Czech Republic), Cretaceous Research 64, 12-29

Monogr. Geol. Dep. Hunterian Mus. Glasgow Univ., 1 (7) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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