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Newmarracarroceras

Description

Newmarracarroceras is an ammonite from the early middle Jurassic with a ribbed subinvolute shell with a keel running along the venter, or outer rim. The ubilicus is moderately wide, exposing the inner whorls exposed in part.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4626979https://www.gbif.org/species/4626979
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15258https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15258
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Sonniniidae : Newmarracarroceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Sonniniidae : Newmarracarroceras
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
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892
subfamilyWitchelliinaeCallomon and Chandler 2006
genusNewmarracarrocerasHall 1989
Scientific NameNewmarracarroceras Hall, 1989
Name Published InAlcheringa 13 (1)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Newmarracarrocerasgenusbelongs to Sonniniidaestated with evidenceHall, 1989
Newmarracarrocerasgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Newmarracarrocerasgenusbelongs to Witchelliinaestated with evidenceHowarth, 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance172 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance172 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Hall. 1989. Lower Bajocian ammonites (Middle Jurassic; Soninniidae) from the Newmarracarra Limestone, Western Australia. Alcheringa 13:1-20
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newmarracarroceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Newmarracarroceras clarkei
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
28172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Newmarracarroceras fairbridgei
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
172 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1989Newmarracarroceras Hall p. 6
2002Newmarracarroceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2013Newmarracarroceras Howarth p. 119

References

Hall R. L. (1989) Lower Bajocian ammonites (Middle Jurassic; Soninniidae) from the Newmarracarra Limestone, Western Australia, Alcheringa 13, 1-20
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Howarth M. K. (2013) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea, Treatise Online 57, 1-139
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Alcheringa 13 (1) - 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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