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Ephippioceratidae
| Description | Ephippioceratidae is a family of clydonatilacean nautilids with shells as in the Liroceratidae but with sutures that have deep ventral and dorsal saddles. This group, which contains two genera, Ephippioceras and Megaglossoceras, has a range from the Mississippian to the Lower Permian. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephippioceratidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Ephippioceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Ephippioceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephippioceratidae |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Ephippioceras βgenus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Megaglossoceras β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Ephippoceratidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Ephippoceratidae |
References
| 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!
