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Lithacoceratinae ✝
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| Rank | subfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Ataxioceratidae : Lithacoceratinae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 157 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 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) | L. G. Bulot, C. Frau, and W. A. P. Wimbledon. 2014. New and poorly known Perisphinctoidea (Ammonitina) from the Upper Tithonian of Le Chouet (Drôme, SE France). Volumina Jurassica 12:113-128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Franconitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 62 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Richterellinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Danubisphinctes ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Dorsoplanitoides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Lithacoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 81 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Moravisphinctes ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Pseudodiscosphinctes ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Usseliceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 95 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Xenosphinctes ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Zittelites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1968 | Lithacoceratinae Zeiss |
| 1994 | Lithacoceratinae Zeiss et al. p. 370 |
| 2014 | Lithacoceratinae Bulot et al. p. 116 |
| 2014 | Lithacoceratidae Vasicek and Skupien p. 133 |
| 2016 | Lithacoceratinae Salazar and Stinnesbeck p. 158 |
| 2017 | Lithacoceratinae Scherzinger and Schweigert p. 156 |
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!
