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Spirolegoceratidae ✝
Description | Metalegoceratidae is one of eleven families of the Neoicoceratoidea superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirolegoceratidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Spirolegoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Spirolegoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Spirolegoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 272 - 269 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Spirolegoceratidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Spirolegoceratinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 290 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Sverdrupitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 33 | 279 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Anuites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Archboldiceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Epijuresanites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Gobioceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Pseudosverdrupites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Spirolegoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Sverdrupites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 24 | 279 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1970 | Spirolegoceratidae Nassichuk |
2006 | Spirolegoceratidae Korn |
2014 | Spirolegoceratidae Leonova and Shilovsky p. 1371 |
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!