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Heteroceratidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3245794https://www.gbif.org/species/3245794
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)97561https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=97561
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Heteroceratidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Heteroceratidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea
familyHeteroceratidaeSpath 1922
Scientific NameHeteroceratidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Heteroceratidaefamilybelongs to Ancylocerataceaestated with evidenceTeichert et al., 1964
Heteroceratidaefamilybelongs to Ancylocerataceaestated without evidenceAguirre-Urreta and Klinger, 1986
Heteroceratidaefamilybelongs to Ancylocerataceaestated with evidenceFrau et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)29
First Recorded Appearance130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. B. Aguirre-Urreta and H. C. Klinger. 1986. Upper Barremian Heteroceratinae (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea) from Patagonia and Zululand, with comments on the systematics of the subfamily. Annals of the South African Museum 96(8):315-358

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Heteroceratinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)3129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Barguesiella ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Calanquites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Giovaraites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hemibaculites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heteroceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		46130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Martelites ✝
genus		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		8130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1922Heteroceratidae Spath
1964Heteroceratidae Teichert et al.
1986Heteroceratidae Aguirre-Urreta and Klinger p. 319
2016Heteroceratidae Frau et al. p. 208

References

Aguirre-Urreta M. B., Klinger H. C. (1986) Upper Barremian Heteroceratinae (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea) from Patagonia and Zululand, with comments on the systematics of the subfamily, Annals of the South African Museum 96 8, 315-358
Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519
Frau C., Delanoy G., et al (2016) New Heteroceratidae (Ammonoidea) from the late Barremian deepening succession of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône, France), Acta Geologica Polonica 66, 205-225
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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