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Gastrioceratoidea β
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Gastrioceratoidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 303 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 323 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 260 - 252 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) | A. Hyatt. 1884. Genera of fossil cephalopods. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 22:253-338 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Gastrioceratidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 178 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Glaphyritidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 514 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Homoceratidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 78 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Reticuloceratidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 203 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1884 | Gastriocerataceae Hyatt |
| 1997 | Gastriocerataceae Titus p. 159 |
| 2006 | Gastriocerataceae Korn |
| 2009 | Gastrioceratoidea Furnish et al. p. 77 |
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!
