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Australiceras

Description

Australiceras is an extinct ammonite genus from the upper part of the Early Cretaceous, Aptian stage, included in the family Ancyloceratidae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4627710https://www.gbif.org/species/4627710
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)14599https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14599
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Ancyloceratidae : Australiceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Ancyloceratidae : Australiceras
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
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
genusAustralicerasWhitehouse 1926
Scientific NameAustraliceras Whitehouse, 1926
Name Published InMem. Queensland Mus., 8, 207
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Australicerasgenusbelongs to Ancyloceratidaestated with evidenceWhitehouse, 1926
Australicerasgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
First Recorded Appearance125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance122 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. W. Whitehouse. 1926. The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of Eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8(3):195-242
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Australiceras gracile
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Australiceras irregulare
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Australiceras jacki
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Australiceras lampros
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Australiceras mozambiquense
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Australiceras rabenjanaharyi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Australiceras robustum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Australiceras transiente
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Australiceras tuberculatum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1926Australiceras Whitehouse p. 208
1975Australiceras Förster p. 153
2002Australiceras Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Whitehouse F. W. (1926) The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of Eastern Australia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8 3, 195-242
Förster R. (1975) Die geologische Entwicklung von Süd-Mozambique seit der Unterkreide und die Ammoniten-Fauna von Unterkreide und Cenoman, Geologisches Jahrbuch, Reihe B 12, 3-324
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Mem. Queensland Mus., 8, 207 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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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