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Polymorphitidae ✝

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Dayiceras sp.

São Pedro de Moel, Marinha Grande, Marinha Grande, Leiria, Portugal
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Dayiceras sp.

São Pedro de Moel, Marinha Grande, Marinha Grande, Leiria, Portugal
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Dayiceras sp.

São Pedro de Moel, Marinha Grande, Marinha Grande, Leiria, Portugal
Description

Polymorphitidae is a family of Early Jurassic ammonoid cephalopods that contribute to the Eoderoceratoidea. Two subfamilies, the Polymorphtinae and Tropidoceratinae, are included.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphitidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3245820https://www.gbif.org/species/3245820
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)194023https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=194023
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Polymorphitidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Polymorphitidae
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
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea
familyPolymorphitidaeHaug 1887
Scientific NamePolymorphitidae
Name Published InNeues Jahrb. Min., 1887(2): 89
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Polymorphitidaefamilybelongs to Eoderocerataceaestated with evidenceBraga and Rivas, 1985
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)85
First Recorded Appearance201 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance187 - 174 Ma
Jurassic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. L. Smith and H. W. Tipper. 1996. Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) ammonites of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 108(348):1-122
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphitidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Polymorphitinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)278201 Ma
Early Jurassic		187 Ma
Early Jurassic
Tropidoceratinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)466201 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acanthopleuroceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		154201 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Catriceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		17197 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Dayiceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		6190 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Gemmellaroceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		51201 Ma
Early Jurassic		187 Ma
Early Jurassic
Jamesonites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3190 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Paratropidoceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1190 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Parinodiceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3190 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Platypleuroceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		48190 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Polymorphites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		68197 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Tropidoceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		285201 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Uptonia ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		104197 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Acanthopleuroceratidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthopleuroceratidae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1887Polymorphitidae Haug
1985Polymorphitidae Braga and Rivas p. 571
1992Polymorphitidae Thomson and Smith p. 15
1996Polymorphitidae Smith and Tipper
2000Polymorphitidae Blau et al. p. 271
2013Polymorphitidae Howarth p. 51

References

Smith P. L., Tipper H. W. (1996) Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) ammonites of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Bulletins of American Paleontology 108 348, 1-122
Braga J. C., Rivas P. (1985) The mediterranean Tropidoceras (Ammonitina) in the Betic Cordilleras, Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 78, 567-605
Thomson R. C., Smith P. L. (1992) Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) biostratigraphy and ammonite fauna of the Spatsizi area, north-central British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 437, 1-87
Blau J., Meister C., et al (2000) Upper Sinemurian and lower Pliensbachian ammonite faunas from Herford-Diebrock area (NW Germany), Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74, 259-280
Howarth M. K. (2013) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea, Treatise Online 57, 1-139
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 575 Addition to the Official List of Family-group Names in Zoology of six family-group names in the class Cephalopoda, order Ammonoidea.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 17(3-5), 134-137 (1959) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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