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Gattendorfiidae ✝
| Description | Gattendorfiidae is one of seven families of the superfamily Prionoceratoidea, a member of the Goniatitida order. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattendorfiidae, 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 : Ammonoidea : Gattendorfiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Gattendorfiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Gattendorfiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 372 - 361 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 354 - 343 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Goniatitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Bockwinkel and V. Ebbighausen. 2006. A new ammonoid fauna from the Gattendorfia-Eocanites Genozone of the Anti-Atlas (Early Carboniferous; Morocco). Fossil Record 9(1):87-129 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattendorfiidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Gattendorfiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Acutimitoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 85 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Costimitoceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Gattendorfia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 39 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Gattenpleura ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Kazakhstania ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 354 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Nicimitoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Weyerella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Zadelsdorfia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1987 | Gattendorfiidae Bartzsch and Weyer |
| 2002 | Gattendorfiidae Korn and Klug p. 172 |
| 2006 | Gattendorfiidae Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen p. 109 |
| 2006 | Gattendorfiidae Korn |
| 2009 | Gattendorfiidae Furnish et al. p. 6 |
References
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!
