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Girtyoceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3245592	https://www.gbif.org/species/3245592
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13722	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13722

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Girtyoceratidae : Girtyoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Girtyoceratidae : Girtyoceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Goniatitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Goniatitina	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Girtyocerataceae	Wedekind 1918
family	Girtyoceratidae	Wedekind 1918
genus	Girtyoceras	Wedekind 1918

Scientific Name

Girtyoceras Wedekind, 1918

Name Published In

Palaeontographica, 62 (3-4)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Girtyoceras	genus	belongs to Goniatitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Girtyoceras	genus	belongs to Girtyoceratidae	stated with evidence	Korn, 2006
Girtyoceras	genus	belongs to Girtyoceratinae	stated with evidence	Furnish et al., 2009
Girtyoceras	genus	belongs to Girtyoceratidae	stated with evidence	Korn and Titus, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

345 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

307 - 304 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. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Girtyoceras acutum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras brueningianum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras cowdalense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras deani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras discus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras endicottense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras glabrum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Girtyoceras gordoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Girtyoceras hamiltonense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Girtyoceras hathawayanum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Girtyoceras intracostatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	345 Ma Carboniferous	345 Ma Carboniferous
Girtyoceras kazakhorum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras latum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	336 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Girtyoceras meslerianum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	339 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Girtyoceras meslerorum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras modestum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	336 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Girtyoceras multicameratum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Girtyoceras premeslerianum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras primum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Girtyoceras shorrocksi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras simplex ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras waitei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Girtyoceras welleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Sagittoceras hathawayanum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	315 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Adelphoceras Girty, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Girtyoceratidae : *Adelphoceras*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1909	Adelphoceras Girty
1918	Sagittoceras Hind
1918	Girtyoceras Wedekind
1924	Dryochoceras Morgan
1937	Sagittoceras Plummer and Scott p. 324
1952	Cowdaleoceras Bisat

Year	Name and Author
1999	Cowdaleoceras Korn et al. p. 348
2002	Girtyoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Cowdaleoceras Korn
2006	Girtyoceras Korn
2009	Girtyoceras Furnish et al. p. 44
2015	Girtyoceras Korn and Titus p. 87

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Plummer F. B., Scott G. (1937) Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas, The University of Texas Bulletin 3701, 1-516

Korn D., Klug C., et al (1999) Viséan and Early Namurian Ammonoids from the Tafilalt (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco), Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 54, 345-375

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Furnish W. M., Glenister B. F., et al (2009) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised: Mollusca 4, Volume 2: Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea (Goniatitida and Prolecanitida), 1-258

Korn D., Titus A. L. (2015) Taxonomic descriptions, in Late Viséan (late Mississippian) ammonoids from the Barnett Shale, Sierra Diablo Escarpment, Culberson County, Texas, USA, Fossil Record 18, 81-104

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Palaeontographica, 62 (3-4) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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