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Gzheloceratidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Gzheloceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 345 - 339 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Nautilida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Nautilida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Nautilida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. E. Ruzhentsev and V. N. Shimanskiy. 1954. Nizhnepermskie svernutye i sognutye Nautiloidei yuzhnogo Urala. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 50:1-150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Celox ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Gzheloceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Heurekoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Hunanoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Parametacoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 314 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Tylonautilus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1954 | Gzheloceratidae Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 74 |
| 1967 | Gzheloceratidae Shimanskiy p. 73 |
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!
