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Grantziceras

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)298906https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=298906
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Grantziceras
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
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyBeudanticeratinaeBreistroffer 1953
genusGrantziceras(Imlay 1960)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Grantzicerassubgenusbelongs to Beudanticerasstated with evidenceImlay, 1960
Grantzicerasgenusbelongs to Desmoceratidaestated with evidenceJones, 1967
Grantzicerasgenusbelongs to Beudanticeratinaestated with evidenceNagy, 1970
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance113 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance109 - 101 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)D. L. Jones. 1967. Cretaceous ammonites from the lower part of the Matanuska Formation, Southern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 547:1-49

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Grantziceras affine
species
listed (PBDB)16113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Grantziceras glabrum
species
listed (PBDB)10113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1960Beudanticeras (Grantziceras) Imlay
1967Grantziceras Jones p. 30
1970Grantziceras Nagy p. 31
1996Grantziceras Wright et al. p. 80

References

Jones D. L. (1967) Cretaceous ammonites from the lower part of the Matanuska Formation, Southern Alaska, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 547, 1-49
Nagy J. (1970) Ammonite faunas and stratigraphy of Lower Cretaceous (Albian) rocks in southern Spitsbergen, Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 152, 1-58
Wright C. W., Calloman J. H., et al (1996) Cretaceous Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology L 4, 1-362
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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