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Mimosphinctidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4622483https://www.gbif.org/species/4622483
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)92796https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=92796
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Mimosphinctidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Agoniatitida : Mimosphinctidae
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
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyMimosphinctaceaeErben 1953
familyMimosphinctidaeErben 1953
Scientific NameMimosphinctidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mimosphinctidaefamilybelongs to Mimosphinctaceaestated with evidenceKorn and Klug, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)62
First Recorded Appearance411 - 403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance393 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. Korn. 2006. Paleozoic ammonoid classification.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Anetoceratinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)58411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Mimosphinctinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)23409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Anetoceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		9409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Chebbites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		4409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Erbenoceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		27411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Ivoites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		16409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Kokenia ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Metabactrites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Mimosphinctes ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		18409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Ruanites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Talenticeras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1953Mimosphinctidae Erben
2002Mimosphinctidae Korn and Klug p. 57
2006Mimosphinctidae Korn
2013Mimosphinctidae De Baets et al. p. 149

References

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification
Korn D., Klug C. (2002) Ammoneae Devonicae, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 138, 1-375
De Baets K., Goolaerts S., et al (2013) The first record of Early Devonian ammonoids from Belgium and their stratigraphic significance, Geologica Belgica 16 3, 148-156
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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