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Ermoceras âśť

Description

Ermoceras is a genus of ammonite belonging to the Thomboceratidae family of the Middle Jurassic (u Baj) found in deposites of central Arabia, Sinai, and Algeria with strong primary and secondary ribs and a single row of lateral tubercles; described as having a deep ventral groove


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4627680https://www.gbif.org/species/4627680
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)14855https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14855
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Stephanoceratidae : Ermoceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Stephanoceratidae : Ermoceras
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
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
genusErmocerasDouvillé 1916
Scientific NameErmoceras Douvillé, 1916
Name Published InMĂ©m. Acad. Sci. Inst. France, (2) 54
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ermocerasgenusbelongs to Stephanoceratidaestated with evidenceArkell, 1952
Ermocerasgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance172 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermoceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ermoceras (Ermoceras) âśť
subgenus
listed (PBDB)5172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
170 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Ermoceras deserti âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4170 Ma
Middle Jurassic
170 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Ermoceras elegans
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Ermoceras inerme âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2170 Ma
Middle Jurassic
170 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Ermoceras mogharense
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1916Ermoceras Douvillé p. 17
1952Ermoceras Arkell p. 272
1957Ermoceras Arkell et al. p. 290
2002Ermoceras Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Douvillé H. (1916) Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez, Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54 2, 1-184
Arkell W. J. (1952) Jurassic ammonites from Jebel Tuwaiq, central Arabia, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 236, 241-313
Arkell W. J., Furnish W. M., et al (1957) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea, 1-490
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
MĂ©m. Acad. Sci. Inst. France, (2) 54 - 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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