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Micracanthoceras ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4627011https://www.gbif.org/species/4627011
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15202https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15202
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Himalayitidae : Micracanthoceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Himalayitidae : Micracanthoceras
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
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyHimalayitidaeSpath 1925
subfamilyHimalayitinaeSpath 1925
genusMicracanthocerasSpath 1925
Scientific NameMicracanthoceras Spath, 1925
Name Published InMonogr. Geol. Dep. Hunterian Mus. Glasgow Univ., 1 (7)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Micracanthocerasgenusbelongs to Himalayitinaestated with evidenceVerma and Westermann, 1973
Micracanthocerasgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Micracanthocerasgenusbelongs to Himalayitidaestated with evidenceBulot et al., 2014
Micracanthocerasgenusbelongs to Himalayitinaestated with evidenceFrau et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance164 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance151 - 129 Ma
Mesozoic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Micracanthoceras acanthellum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2151 Ma
Late Jurassic		151 Ma
Late Jurassic
Micracanthoceras alamense ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Micracanthoceras microcanthum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		26152 Ma
Late Jurassic		151 Ma
Late Jurassic
Micracanthoceras spinulosum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		5152 Ma
Late Jurassic		151 Ma
Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1973Micracanthoceras Verma and Westermann p. 252
1989Micracanthoceras Myczynski p. 107
2002Micracanthoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2014Micracanthoceras Bulot et al. p. 119
2016Micracanthoceras Frau et al. p. 545
2016Micracanthoceras Salazar and Stinnesbeck p. 167
2016Micracanthoceras Vasicek and Skupien p. 21

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Verma H. M., Westermann G. E. G. (1973) The Tithonian (Jurassic) ammonite fauna of Sierra Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Bulletins of American Paleontology 63 277, 107-320
Myczynski R. (1989) Ammonite biostratigraphy of the Tithonian of Western Cuba, Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 59, 43-125
Bulot L. G., Frau C., et al (2014) New and poorly known Perisphinctoidea (Ammonitina) from the Upper Tithonian of Le Chouet (Drôme, SE France), Volumina Jurassica 12, 113-128
Frau C., Bulot L. G., et al (2016) Upper Tithonian ammonites (Himalayitidae Spath, 1925 and Neocomitidae Salfeld, 1921) from Charens (Drôme, France), Geologica Carpathica 67, 543-559
Salazar C., Stinnesbeck W. (2016) Tithonian–Berriasian ammonites from the Baños del Flaco Formation, central Chile, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14, 149-182
Vasicek Z., Skupien P. (2016) Tithonian-early Berriasian perisphinctoid ammonites from the Stramberk Limestone at Kotouc Quarry near Stramberk, Outer Western Carpathians (Czech Republic), Cretaceous Research 64, 12-29
Monogr. Geol. Dep. Hunterian Mus. Glasgow Univ., 1 (7) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
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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