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Zigzagiceras

Description

Zigzagiceras is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the order Ammonoidea, that lived during the upper Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4627526https://www.gbif.org/species/4627526
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15823https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15823
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Perisphinctidae : Zigzagiceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Perisphinctidae : Zigzagiceras
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
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)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyZigzagiceratinae
genusZigzagicerasBuckman 1902
Scientific NameZigzagiceras Buckman, 1902
Name Published InEmend. Amm. Nomencl.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Zigzagicerasgenusbelongs to Zigzagiceratinaestated with evidenceArkell et al., 1957
Zigzagicerasgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance168 - 165 Ma
Middle Jurassic
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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigzagiceras

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Zigzagoceras Cossmann, 1903GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Perisphinctidae : Zigzagoceras

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1957Zigzagiceras Arkell et al. p. 315
2002Zigzagiceras Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Arkell W. J., Furnish W. M., et al (1957) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea, 1-490
Emend. Amm. Nomencl. - 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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