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Gattendorfiidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Gattendorfiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 372 - 361 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 354 - 343 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) | J. Bockwinkel and V. Ebbighausen. 2006. A new ammonoid fauna from the Gattendorfia-Eocanites Genozone of the Anti-Atlas (Early Carboniferous; Morocco). Fossil Record 9(1):87-129 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Gattendorfiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Acutimitoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 85 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Costimitoceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Gattendorfia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 39 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Gattenpleura ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Kazakhstania ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 354 Ma Carboniferous | |
Nicimitoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Weyerella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Zadelsdorfia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1987 | Gattendorfiidae Bartzsch and Weyer |
2002 | Gattendorfiidae Korn and Klug p. 172 |
2006 | Gattendorfiidae Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen p. 109 |
2006 | Gattendorfiidae Korn |
2009 | Gattendorfiidae Furnish et al. p. 6 |
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!