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Cardioceratidae ✝
| Description | Cardioceratidae is an extinct ammonite family belonging to the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardioceratidae, 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 : Cardioceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Cardioceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Cardioceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 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) | W. J. Arkell, W. M. Furnish, and B. Kummel, A. K. Miller, R. C. Moore, O. H. Schindewolf, P. C. Sylvester-Bradley, C. W. Wright. 1957. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardioceratidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Arctocephalitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 78 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Cadoceratinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 211 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Cardioceratinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 284 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Amoeboceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 114 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Arcticoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Arctocephalites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 57 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Cadoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 160 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Cadochamoussetia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Cardioceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 125 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Chinitnites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Eckhardites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Goliathiceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Herznachites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Miccocephalites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Paracadoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Plasmatites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 157 Ma Jurassic | |
| Pseudocadoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 67 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Quenstedtoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 31 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Scarburgiceras genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stenocadoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 46 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1891 | Cardioceratidae Siemiradzki |
| 1900 | Cadoceratidae Hyatt |
| 1957 | Cardioceratidae Arkell et al. p. 301 |
| 1984 | Cardioceratidae Mesezhnikov p. 84 |
| 1993 | Cardioceratidae Arthur et al. p. 38 |
| 1997 | Cadoceratidae Kiselev p. 583 |
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!
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