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Kirsoceratidae ✝
| Description | Kirsoceratidae is one of five families of the Tornoceratoidea superfamily, 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/Kirsoceratidae, 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 : Kirsoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Kirsoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Kirsoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 376 - 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 371 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | D. Korn. 2002. Description of new taxa, in Ammoneae Devonicae. Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 138:273-284 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsoceratidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Kirsoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pernoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Protornoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Tornia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Kirsoceratidae Korn p. 276 |
| 2002 | Kirsoceratidae Korn and Klug p. 164 |
| 2006 | Kirsoceratidae Korn |
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!
