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Acanthoclymeniidae ✝
| Description | Acanthoclymeniidae is a family of early, primitive, clymeniid ammonoid cephalopods that lived during the Late Devonian. At one time this family was known to contain a single genus, Acanthoclymenia, named by Hyatt in 1900, which is its type. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthoclymeniidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoclymeniidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Agoniatitida : Acanthoclymeniidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Acanthoclymeniidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 388 - 384 Ma Middle Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 380 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Korn. 2006. Paleozoic ammonoid classification. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthoclymeniidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acanthoclymeniinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 67 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Gogoceratinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Ponticeratinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 104 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Acanthoclymenia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Chutoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 382 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Probeloceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 24 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 382 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Prochorites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 382 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Scaturites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1955 | Acanthoclymeniidae Schindewolf |
| 2002 | Ponticeratidae Korn p. 273 |
| 2002 | Ponticeratidae Korn and Klug p. 96 |
| 2002 | Acanthoclymeniidae Korn and Klug p. 119 |
| 2006 | Acanthoclymeniidae Korn |
| 2006 | Ponticeratidae Korn |
| 2013 | Acanthoclymeniidae Bockwinkel et al. p. 10 |
| 2015 | Acanthoclymeniidae Bockwinkel et al. p. 128 |
References
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!
