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Brancoceratidae ✝

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Mortoniceras drakei

Spring Creek, Cooke County, Texas, USA

Mortoniceras equidistans

Spring Creek, Cooke County, Texas, USA

Mortoniceras drakei

Spring Creek, Cooke County, Texas, USA

Mortoniceras equidistans

Spring Creek, Cooke County, Texas, USA

Mortoniceras drakei

Spring Creek, Cooke County, Texas, USA

Mortoniceras equidistans

Spring Creek, Cooke County, Texas, USA

Description

Brancoceratidae is a family of acanthoceratoid ammonites from the middle of the Cretaceous, recognized by their commonly evolute shells with round, oval, or quadrate whorls, strong ribs, usual ventral keels, and at least, umblical tubercles. The family is thought to be derived from the Desmoceratidae (Desmoceratoidea), perhaps from Silesitoides or some allied genus.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brancoceratidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3245943	https://www.gbif.org/species/3245943
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	96537	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=96537

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Brancoceratidae

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	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea
family	Brancoceratidae	Spath 1934

Scientific Name

Brancoceratidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Brancoceratidae	family	belongs to Acanthocerataceae	stated with evidence	Förster, 1975
Brancoceratidae	family	belongs to Acanthoceratoidea	stated without evidence	Henderson, 1990
Brancoceratidae	family	belongs to Acanthocerataceae	stated with evidence	Kennedy et al., 1998

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

169

First Recorded Appearance

113 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. F. Spath. 1934. Ammonoidea of the Gault. Part XI. Paleontographical Society, London 86 (1932)(390):443-496

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brancoceratidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Brancoceratinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		172	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mortoniceratinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		403	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Algericeras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Brancoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Butticeras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Conlinites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipoloceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		44	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Elobiceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Erioliceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euhystrichoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Falloticeras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Goodhallites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		54	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hysteroceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mojsisoviczia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mortoniceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		274	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mortoniceratoides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neokentroceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Oxytropidoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		248	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Parabrancoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Prohysteroceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Venezoliceras genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1934	Brancoceratidae Spath p. 465
1975	Brancoceratidae Förster p. 217
1990	Brancoceratidae Henderson p. 114
1998	Brancoceratidae Kennedy et al. p. 12
2000	Brancoceratidae Arkadiev et al. p. 113
2005	Brancoceratidae Kennedy p. 363
2007	Brancoceratidae Kennedy and Latil p. 463
2007	Brancoceratidae Mosavinia et al. p. 85

Year	Name and Author
2008	Brancoceratidae Kennedy et al. p. 41
2011	Brancoceratidae Kennedy and Klinger p. 70
2012	Brancoceratidae Kennedy and Klinger p. 2
2014	Brancoceratidae Mosavinia et al. p. 84
2016	Brancoceratidae Sharifi et al. p. 597
2018	Brancoceratidae El Qot p. 158
2018	Brancoceratidae Kennedy and Morris p. 91

References

Spath L. F. (1934) Ammonoidea of the Gault. Part XI, Paleontographical Society, London 86 (1932) 390, 443-496

Förster R. (1975) Die geologische Entwicklung von Süd-Mozambique seit der Unterkreide und die Ammoniten-Fauna von Unterkreide und Cenoman, Geologisches Jahrbuch, Reihe B 12, 3-324

Henderson R. A. (1990) Late Albian ammonites from the Northern Territory, Australia, Alcheringa 14, 109-148

Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A., et al (1998) Ammonites from the Weno Limestone (Albian) in Northeast Texas, American Museum Novitates 3236, 1-46

Arkadiev V. V., Atabekian A. A., et al (2000) Stratigraphy and ammonites of Cretaceous deposits of south-west Crimea, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 255, 85-128

Kennedy W. J. (2005) Systematic palaeontology, in Upper Albian and Lower Cenomanian ammonites from the Main Street Limestone, Grayson Marl and Del Rio Clay in northeast Texas, Cretaceous Research 26, 349-428

Kennedy W. J., Latil J. L. (2007) The Upper Albian ammonite succession in the Montlaux section, Hautes-Alpes, France, Acta Geologica Polonica 57 4, 453-478

Mosavinia A., Wilmsen M., et al (2007) Mortoniceratinae (Ammonitina) from the upper Albian (Cretaceous) of the Atamir Formation, Koppeh Dagh mountains, NE Iran, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 246, 83-95

Kennedy W. J., Jagt J. W. M., et al (2008) The late Late Albian (Mortoniceras fallax Zone) cephalopod fauna from the Bracquegnies formation at Strépy-Thieu (Hainaut, southern Belgium), Geologica Belgica 11, 35-69

Kennedy W. J., Klinger H. C. (2011) Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite genus Oxytropidoceras Stieler, 1920, African Natural History 7, 69-102

Kennedy W. J., Klinger H. C. (2012) Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite genera Mojsisovicsia Steinmann, 1881, Dipoloceroides Breistroffer, 1947, and Falloticeras Parona & Bonarelli, 1897, African Natural History 8, 1-15

Mosavinia A., Lehmann J., et al (2014) Late Albian ammonites from the Aitamir Formation (Koppeh Dagh, northeast Iran), Cretaceous Research 50, 72-88

Sharifi J., Raisossadat S. N., et al (2016) Albian and Cenomanian ammonites of the eastern margin of the Lut block (East Iran), Carnets de Géologie 16, 591-613

El Qot G. M. (2018) Aptian-early Cenomanian ammonites from north Sinai, Egypt: systematic paleontology and biostratigraphy, Cretaceous Research 85, 142-171

Kennedy W. J., Morris N. J. (2018) An early Cenomanian ammonite fauna from near Lindi, Tanzania, Cretaceous Research 87, 84-101

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

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