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Simoceras volanense ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)379056https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=379056
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Simoceratidae : Simoceras : Simoceras volanense
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)
familySimoceratidaeSpath 1924
subfamilySimoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusSimoceras
speciesSimoceras volanense
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Simoceras volanensespeciesbelongs to Ammonitesstated with evidenceOppel, 1863
Simoceras volanensespeciesbelongs to Simocerasstated with evidenceVerma and Westermann, 1973
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance164 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance151 - 140 Ma
Mesozoic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. M. Verma and G. E. G. Westermann. 1973. The Tithonian (Jurassic) ammonite fauna of Sierra Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Bulletins of American Paleontology 63(277):107-320

References

Verma H. M., Westermann G. E. G. (1973) The Tithonian (Jurassic) ammonite fauna of Sierra Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Bulletins of American Paleontology 63 277, 107-320
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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