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Ceratitoidea ✝
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Ceratitoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 582 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 166 - 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | Y. Shigeta, T. Komatsu, and D. H. Nguyen, T. H. Dang, N. Iwakiri. 2010. Discovery of the Middle Triassic ammonoid Balatonites in the Quy Lang Formation, Thanh Hoa Province, central Vietnam. Paleontological Research 14(4):244-249 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acrochordiceratidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 245 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Badiotitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Balatonitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 316 | 254 Ma Permian | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Celtitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Ceratitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,889 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Hungaritidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 116 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Rimkinitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Sibiritidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 331 | 252 Ma Permian | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1879 | Ceratitaceae Mojsisovics |
| 1981 | Ceratitaceae Tozer |
| 1994 | Ceratitaceae Tozer p. 92 |
| 2010 | Ceratitoidea Shigeta et al. p. 246 |
| 2018 | Ceratitoidea Vörös p. 48 |
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!
