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Thamboceratidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8699647https://www.gbif.org/species/8699647
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)301230https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=301230
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Thamboceratidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Thamboceratidae
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
familyThamboceratidaeArkell 1952
Scientific NameThamboceratidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Thamboceratidaefamilybelongs to Stephanocerataceaestated with evidenceArkell, 1952
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)10
First Recorded Appearance172 - 168 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)W. J. Arkell. 1952. Jurassic ammonites from Jebel Tuwaiq, central Arabia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 236:241-313

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bramkampia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Thambites
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
27172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Thamboceras
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
170 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1952Thamboceratidae Arkell p. 278
1957Thamboceratidae Arkell et al. p. 290

References

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
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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